On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > On 4/11/06, Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > > Hi All > > > > > > I am unable to reset my root password, It gives me the following information > > > > > > [root@311111e python]# passwd root > > > Changing password for user root. > > > New password: > > > Retype new password: > > > passwd: Failed preliminary check by password service > > > [root@311111e python]# > > > > What happens with just > > > > passwd > > > > on its own? This should set your current user password, which is root. > > > > -Andy > > Hi Andy > > I get the same error > > [root@311111e python]# passwd > Changing password for user root. > New password: > Retype new password: > passwd: Failed preliminary check by password service > [root@311111e python]# using the explicit name "root" shouldn't have changed anything. i would also guess that PAM might be enforcing some strict password checking here. rday
