I can't change Kali password

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!

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Originally Posted by 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!

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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