Hit a problem today changing a new user password today in Linux.
[root@prd01oua-dbg2 ~]# passwd emcadm
Changing password for user emcadm.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
[root@prd01oua-dbg2 pam.d]# ls -ls system-auth
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1205 Feb 2 10:51 system-auth
In system.auth
password requisite pam_pwquality.so try_first_pass local_users_only retry=3 authtok_type=
#password sufficient pam_unix.so md5 shadow nullok try_first_pass use_authtok
password required pam_deny.so
change to
password requisite pam_pwquality.so try_first_pass local_users_only retry=3 authtok_type=
password sufficient pam_unix.so md5 shadow nullok try_first_pass use_authtok
password required pam_deny.so
Next we hit a password length problem
[root@prd01oua-dbg2 pam.d]# passwd emcadm
Changing password for user emcadm.
New password:
BAD PASSWORD: The password is shorter than 15 characters
/etc/security/pwquality.conf
# Password Minimum Length should be configured
minlen=8
Changing password for user emcadm.
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
[root@prd01oua-dbg1 security]#
Et voilla.....
