You are required to change your password immediately (password expired) groupadd: PAM:Authentication

[DanWalton]

Had a funny (not so) when running a cloud template that's been working for months, looking into the failure it is when the subscripted action runs, in this case the "change servername action", however doing a test run on ALL my actions repeats the above error suggesting an expired password for the ABX-Service account.

username: abx-vtVvFmTnISxMsDSg

You are required to change your password immediately (password expired) groupadd: PAM: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required error building image: error building stage: waiting for process to exit: exit status 1"

Anyone had this? and know how to change the expired password - im guessing this a container password?!

[bereoan]

I am also getting this same password expired message.  I am at a loss at what password needs to be changed.  Accounts that I am aware of being used are not near expiring or have not expired.

I'm using a rename vm abx script.

[jimmyvandermast]

This might be the root account on the vRA Virtual Appliance.
Did you try to ssh as root to your vRA appliance to see if root is expired?

EDIT: See my next reply.

[jimmyvandermast · Accepted solution]

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/84027

ABX actions fail with the error "PAM:Authentication token is no longer valid"

[DanWalton]

Thanks @jimmyvandermast, that's sorted - bleeding edge version syndrome I guess!