I can't change Kali password

[silent119]

Hello! Every single time I try to change the password for kali, this happens:

passwd kali
Changing password for kali.
Current password:
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
passwd: password unchanged


It works for the root password but not kali
If you could help me that would be awesome! Thanks!

[Water]

Hello! Every single time I try to change the password for kali, this happens:

passwd kali
Changing password for kali.
Current password:
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
passwd: password unchanged


It works for the root password but not kali
If you could help me that would be awesome! Thanks!

By the sounds of it the Authentication token has been corrupted and cannot auth the password change I recommend a fresh install of kali by the sounds if it works in root as it does it still works by bypassing the auth (I?m not expert of passwords but I tried to help since I saw no one?s responding in two weeks) hope it helps