By casey830812
Hi, Setup a new droplet and trying to login as root - after it says i need to change my password, I receive the following error:
Authentication token manipulation error
ANd takes me back to the login prompt… any ideas? This is on Centos 6.5 and 7.0…
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When you get requested to change your passoword, FIRST put in your CURRENT password then the NEW password then VERIFY the NEW password.
Correct, I typed in exactly what the email said (even copied/pasted into the ssh shell) and still get the same error.
I get this same error on CentOS 7. Try to change the root password with the reset tool, when CentOS ask me to enter a new password I got kick out from SSH and not able to log in again.
Any advice?
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