Passwd : Authentication token lock busy.

When we try to change the root password during the boot, we encounter this error. There is only a single explanation for this situation. The file system does not have sufficient read and write permissions.

The error might look like this :

In order to remount the filesystem in read and write mode type the following command :

# mount -o remount,rw /

The above step paves you the way to change root password.

The End.

p.s. All the screenshots are from my virtualbox machine. The real world screens might be somewhat different.
 
 

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