[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#397930: cannot change passwd as root and user - cant switch from user to root with "su"

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Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.3-31sarge9
Severity: important



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages passwd depends on:
ii  libc6                 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libpam-modules        0.76-22            Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam0g              0.76-22            Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  login                 1:4.0.3-31sarge9   system login tools

-- debconf information:
  passwd/password-mismatch:
  passwd/username:
  passwd/password-empty:
* passwd/make-user: false
  passwd/md5: false
* passwd/shadow: true
  passwd/username-bad:
  passwd/user-fullname:
  
  Good Day, my Problem is, that i cant change passwd when im logged in
  as root or normal user. the error-msg is following, when i would
  change the passwd: 
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  Server:/var/log# passwd
  passwd: Permission denied
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  The next problem is, that i cant switch to su from normal user -
  following msg are displayed: 
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su: Module is unknown
Sorry.
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  Here is a short error-msg from the /var/log/auth.log

 Nov 10 00:20:05 Server2 passwd[1630]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return
 value; [...common-password]
 Nov 10 00:20:05 Server2 passwd[1630]: PAM (other) no module name
 supplied
 Nov 10 00:20:05 Server2 passwd[1630]: PAM (other) illegal module type:
 @include
 Nov 10 00:20:05 Server2 passwd[1630]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return
 value; [...common-session]
 Nov 10 00:20:05 Server2 passwd[1630]: PAM (other) no module name
 supplied
 Nov 10 00:20:06 Server2 passwd[1630]: PAM no modules loaded for
 `passwd' service

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