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I tried multiple times in terminal to change my password. but it throwing error but i filled up all requirements.

naga@naga:~$ passwd 

Current password: 
New password: 

Re-enter password: 

Password does not meet requirements
passwd: 

Authentication token manipulation error
passwd: 

password unchanged

naga@naga:~$
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  • Is it because your password is too simple? Just a thought :)
    – Meer Borg
    May 22, 2013 at 15:33
  • i used numeric,alphapets and special characters too in my password and it's length is 12 is it simple? May 22, 2013 at 15:35
  • Maybe it checks small passages in the password and it contains your user name or simple passages that are forbidden. Does it work with other passwords?
    – verpfeilt
    May 22, 2013 at 16:16
  • @chocobai i checked everything but it's not working :( May 22, 2013 at 16:23
  • I think the setuid bit has to be set on passwd or something, maybe this went somehow wrong? This is how my ls-lh looks like on passwd: -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 46K Apr 18 03:28 passwd About setuid bit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid I think the fourth character should be the setuid bit... or something :D
    – verpfeilt
    May 22, 2013 at 16:30

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It might be because you filesystem is mounted with read-write permissions(are you in Recovery mode?).

To mount your filesystem in read-write mode, in the terminal type:

sudo mount -o rw,remount /

and then change your password using passwd <username>.

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Have you tried:

Going to System Settings>User Account

  • Under Login Options:
  • Clicking where it shows bullets next to password
  • Follow the directions in the new window
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    I tried that too but I can change my new password from the generated password but I can't change it to what I want. @AnythinkM3tal Jul 14, 2013 at 15:26

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