[Novalug] Unable to change roots password

[Peter Larsen]

Nick Danger wrote:
> I can connect to this server, and I can su to root (CentOS box) but 
> oddly I cannot change roots password.
> 
> [root at host ~]# passwd
> Changing password for user root.
> New UNIX password:
> Retype new UNIX password:
> passwd: Authentication failure
> [root at host ~]#
> 
> Anyone ever seen that before?

Looks like a PAM issue. Reset your pam settings for passwd and do it 
locally. Remove should work too.

Regards
   Peter Larsen