UsAuthentication token manipulation error

[RageX]

Yikes. I can create a user, but I can't log in as said user. I've tried 5 different users. Only user I can log in as (terminal or ssh) is root.

When logged in as root, I can su to a user but when i try to change the password I get the error:

passwd: Authentication token manipulation error

It isn't the shell, users have /bin/bash in passwd, however i've noticed that in /etc/shadow the passwords for users are not shadowed. odd.

tail /var/log/pwdfail/current is as follows:

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Sep 20 07:28:13 [dhcpd] 
Sep 20 05:50:41 [sshd(pam_unix)] authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= rhost=host.mywork.com  user=ragex
Sep 20 05:50:44 [sshd] Failed password for ragex from 111.111.111.111 port 2492
Sep 20 05:50:49 [sshd] Failed password for ragex from 111.111.111.111 port 2492
Sep 20 05:50:56 [sshd] Failed password for ragex from 111.111.111.111 port 2492
Sep 20 05:50:58 [sshd(pam_unix)] 1 more authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= host.mywork.com  user=ragex
Sep 20 07:13:43 [login(pam_unix)] authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/vc/1 ruser= rhost=  user=root
Sep 20 07:13:45 [login] FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM /dev/vc/1 FOR root, Authentication failure
Sep 20 07:28:13 [dhcpd] 
Sep 20 07:28:13 [dhcpd] 

Finally, I tried to 'emerge world'. after about 6 hours it finished. I rebooted and logged in and got the following errors:

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configuration error - unknown item 'CONSOLE' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'CREATE_HOME' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'DIALUPS_CHECK_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'ENVIRON_FILE' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'ENV_HZ' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'ERASECHAR' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'KILLCHAR' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'LOG_OK_LOGINS' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'MAIL_CHECK_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'mAIL_DIR' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'NOLOGINS_FILE' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'SU_NAME' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'SU_WHEEL_ONLY' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'SYSLOG_SG_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'SYSLOG_SU_ENAB' (notify administrator)

After a quick search I tried to emerge bash again, but that didn't fix that problem.

At this point, I'm afraid the solution has eluded me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[RageX]

never figured this one out, but after some thought i decided to go ahead and upgrade the hard drive and install gentoo 1.4.

thanks anyways

greg