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> Hi,
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> I bought a pre-installed Linux (Red Hat) system a few days ago. I am able
> to login as root but I am unable to create new accounts because there
> seems to be something wrong with the passwd utility.
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> Here's what's happening:
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> #adduser username
> #passwd username
> passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
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This smells like you have a file in /etc called ".pwd.lck" or something like
that, cant remember just what its called, just delete the file and you
should be able to usee passwd once again.
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> I am also unable to change my own (root) password and hence also my shell.
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> #chsh
> Changing shell for root
> Password error
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> I discovered that the /etc/shadow file is missing. Can anyone tell me how
> I can rebuild it?
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> Thanks a lot.
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> dnyaanesh
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Regards Richard.
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