Hi, List files /etc/passwd* and /etc/group* there should not be any file like passwd*.lock or /etc/group.lock . If found delete them, and try the change passwd for the user.
Regards Subhasis On 9/19/05, vandana ahluwalia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can anybody help me in solving this problem. I am using Red Hat 8.0 . I am > not able to change passwd as root of a user. it gives me the following > error. > > RPC: Can't encode arguments > > The password has not been changed on "Server Name" > > passwd: Authentication token manipulation error > > > > what could be the problem how can i solve this.... > > > > regards > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! for Good > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Event: Freedel 2005, 17th & 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th & 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
