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Error: Failed to lock and read from file ****/passwd: Permission denied. (XID 6tr2bu) The system failed to lock the file ******/passwd (as EUID: 1112, EGID: 1114 1114) because of the following error: Permission denied





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Failed to chown /home/clientsite/etc/clientsite.com/passwd to group mail: Operation not permitted at /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/Email/Perms/User.pm line 308





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/etc/passwd file no need to worries as its not having password, the /etc/passwd file
having user name uid,gid and home dir information, the password is stored in the /etc/shadow and its in encrypted format


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https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-ba...est-practices/
https://www.quora.com/Can-my-hosting...Panel-password
https://linuxize.com/post/etc-passwd-file/