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  • :\ Well it looks like RHEL uses a different software package for the passwd command (passwd-0.77-4.el6_2.2.x86_64) and the shadow-utils that is included (shadow-utils-4.1.4.2-13.el6.x86_6) doesn't have a passwd command. Commented May 14, 2013 at 16:54
  • @JoelDavis could be a permissions/path issue, can you run passwd -Sa as root? Commented May 14, 2013 at 16:56
  • Sorry, I guess my response was a bit ambiguous, the -a option isn't available with the version of passwd I'm using Commented May 14, 2013 at 17:05
  • None of the versions of RH distros I have (Fedora or CentOS 5&6) have a -a switch. Commented May 14, 2013 at 18:31