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Date:      Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:48:45 +0100
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        FreeBSD MailList <subscriber@osk.com.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PAM fails to change user password
Message-ID:  <86sm2mofpe.fsf@xps.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <1014664959.20050322174055@osk.com.ua>
References:  <1014664959.20050322174055@osk.com.ua>

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FreeBSD MailList <subscriber@osk.com.ua> writes:
> When I try to change user's password (via passwd) I recieve the
> following:
>
> passwd: entry inconsistent
> passwd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module
> passwd: in pam_sm_chauthtok(): pw_copy() failed

Do you by any chance have multiple entries for the same user in
master.passwd?  If you do, use vipw(8) to remove all but one, and try
again.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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