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I created a test user and wanted to change the password. What I got was:
# passwd test
passwd: System error
passwd: password unchanged
The strace output is attached.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: passwd 1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Mar 28 13:27:24 2010
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: shadow
** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
Importance: High
Status: Fix Released
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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[Lucid] passwd reports a System Error when trying to change password
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550194
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