Can't change password for a user

rahulrathod · #1 (**permalink**) 12-08-2005

All,

I am unable to change a password for the user called : poller

I am logged in as root When I do the following command

passwd poller
New Password:
Permission denied

Whe i enter the new password, it gives the above error.

When i log in as poller and then execute the command, then the following error is displayed

su - poller
passwd
passwd: Changing password for loader
Permission denied

It gives an error saying can't change password for another user loader.

Why so? And is there any way to find the current password for this user by logging as root.

Thanks in Advance,
Rahul.

dasreboot · #2 (**permalink**) 12-08-2005

do you use nis or ldap for your name service? I have also seen this error when the shadow file is not correctly synched.

rahulrathod · #3 (**permalink**) 12-08-2005

Yes My server is in the NIS domain and hence the error.

I found one solution from a colleague.

passwd -r files poller

The above command will change the password. You have to execute this as root.

Regards,
Rahul

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