passwd not working after editing /etc/shadow

[buntunoob2]

*solved* - I used sudo passwd which changes root, not the current user. As it does not output the username in this case I did not notice my error.

[TheFu]

To change the password for any user, use:

$ sudo passwd {username}

To change the current user's password, use:

$ passwd

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