Re: Lost root password!!
if you're using libpam-cracklib it could be related to this
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=112965&repeatmerged=yes
> hi,
> Last night when I attempted to change my root password passwd bunked out on me. It crashed and I received the following message on the console:
> passwd: Critical error - immediate abort
> I thought that I could still use my old root password but cannot. I attempted to boot straight into a shell (init=/bin/sh) and manually expire my root password (so that I could change it on the
> next login) and ended up with the same results. I've also tried deleting the root passwd to see if I could then re-run passwd as root and change my passwd. No luck.
> I can still log into my system as a normal user but cannot change any users passwords, I get the same error message as above.
> Is passwd in Woody broken? How can I fix my broken root password without harming my system?
> Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Stef
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