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# 29  
Old 06-11-2009
and break Internet access, if any.
# 30  
Old 08-11-2009
Run pwconv to check the passwd file for errors.

I had the same symptoms as daya. I ran pwconv, and it returned:

bash-3.00# pwconv
pwconv: ERROR: bad entry or blank line at line 9 in /etc/passwd

Turns out I had fat-fingered a manual edit to /etc/passwd. As soon as I fixed that, passwd worked. It seems that passwd breaks as soon as it comes to a corrupt entry in the passwd file.

You say that some of your users can change their password, and not others. Perhaps there is a corrupt line in your passwd file, and the users who can change their password are above that line, and the ones who can't are below?

Just a guess...

---------- Post updated at 08:55 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:49 PM ----------

You have two users with the same home directory:

rajeevk:x:150143:1:Rajeev Kumar:/export/home3/Student2nd_year/rajeevk/:/bin/sh
rajeshk:x:150153:1:Rajesh Kumar:/export/home3/Student2nd_year/rajeevk/:/bin/sh

I'm not sure, but it would not surprise me if that made passwd angry Smilie
Last edited by coolhaus; 08-11-2009 at 10:03 PM..
# 31  
Old 08-12-2009
Hi Coolhaus,

yes the problem was with passwd file, there was present a blank space in my passwd file. And after running the "pwconv" it was identified, and i do apologies to everyone as i wasn't able to post it because of some problem.

Thanks to everyone for their precious post.
thanks a lot.

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Originally Posted by coolhaus
Run pwconv to check the passwd file for errors.

I had the same symptoms as daya. I ran pwconv, and it returned:

bash-3.00# pwconv
pwconv: ERROR: bad entry or blank line at line 9 in /etc/passwd

Turns out I had fat-fingered a manual edit to /etc/passwd. As soon as I fixed that, passwd worked. It seems that passwd breaks as soon as it comes to a corrupt entry in the passwd file.

You say that some of your users can change their password, and not others. Perhaps there is a corrupt line in your passwd file, and the users who can change their password are above that line, and the ones who can't are below?


Just a guess...

---------- Post updated at 08:55 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:49 PM ----------

You have two users with the same home directory:

rajeevk:x:150143:1:Rajeev Kumar:/export/home3/Student2nd_year/rajeevk/:/bin/sh
rajeshk:x:150153:1:Rajesh Kumar:/export/home3/Student2nd_year/rajeevk/:/bin/sh

I'm not sure, but it would not surprise me if that made passwd angry Smilie
# 32  
Old 08-12-2009
Thanks Daya, you did it. It was a interesting problem finally ended with very nice technical discussions.
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