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about hiring developers or posting ads with us Ask Ubuntu Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Ask Ubuntu (current) unix password passwd authentication token manipulation error is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The passwd authentication token manipulation error redhat 6 best answers are voted up and rise to the top Authentication token manipulation error up vote 106 down vote favorite 34 I forgot my Ubuntu password so I booted into recovery and dropped into a root shell prompt and this is what happened: root@username-PC:~# passwd username Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged password-recovery share|improve this question
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edited Dec 15 '13 at 14:21 Braiam 39.2k1693154 asked Dec 29 '11 at 5:22 era878 82921118 3 voting to re-open. See meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14668/… –Rinzwind Nov 12 '15 at 10:42 add a comment| 4 Answers 4 active oldest votes up vote 137 down vote accepted Also make sure you are mounting the file system read/write. After immediately selecting 'Drop into root shell prompt' I found the filesystem was mounted read only, which prevents resetting the password. Choosing the option to remount / as read/write and going back into the root shell prompt enabled the password change. The command to run prior to changing the password is: mount -rw -o remount / share|improve this answer edited Apr 29 '12 at 14:39 Community♦ 1 answered Jan 3 '12 at 23:29 Brandon 1,386172 Thank you, that worked. –Somebody Apr 7 '14 at 16:54 1 even after following these steps it will not accept my password –angela Aug 14 '14 at 15:09 2 Odd. mount showed that / was already mounted as read/write, but mount -rw -o remount / still worked. No idea why. –Hubro Dec 2 '15 at 9:11 Thanks a lot for your help
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is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer http://askubuntu.com/questions/91188/authentication-token-manipulation-error The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Getting an “Authentication token manipulation” error when trying to change my user password up vote 52 down vote favorite 13 I am logging in to my Ubuntu Server using my username. Once I am logged in I am typing passwd command. Entering a new password but a second after getting following error messages: passwd: Authentication https://askubuntu.com/questions/57620/getting-an-authentication-token-manipulation-error-when-trying-to-change-my-us/133507 token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged What is wrong here? How can I change my password otherwise if I don't have access to that server physically, i.e. I am connecting remotely with ssh using terminal. password-recovery share|improve this question edited Dec 15 '13 at 14:22 Braiam 39.2k1693154 asked Aug 18 '11 at 13:55 Bakhtiyor 2,939154973 2 The first prompt asks for your CURRENT password. Have you done that, cause if you just typed the new one, you'll get the error message you say.. –Pavlos G. Aug 18 '11 at 14:03 1 i have the same problem, and find the answer from this link help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword blog.imammubin.com/reset-ubuntu-passwd/2014/07/07 try this code: mount -rw -o remount / hope this helpfull.. –Mubin Jul 7 '14 at 4:50 @Mubin: That's for an emergency recovery from single-user mode. Since this question is about a logged-in user, we can safely assume it's not a recovery scenario. –MSalters Apr 26 at 13:19 add a comment| 11 Answers 11 active oldest votes up vote 26 down vote accepted If you insert the wrong passwd $ passwd Changing password for rinzwind. (current) UNIX password: passwd: Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged you
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