Greetings, wise monks...
Has anybody used Unix::PasswdFile to change either the password or the shell of a user? According to the documentation it can do both, and in my system (Perl 5.6/Solaris 9/Sparc) doesnt complain at all when executing the following example:

   use Unix::PasswdFile;

  $pw = new Unix::PasswdFile "/etc/passwd";

  $pw->passwd("johndoe", $pw->encpass("newpass"));

  $pw->commit();
  undef $pw;
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...but it just doesnt change the password.
Where can i look for clues? When i run it through the debugger it doesnt show anything unusual.
Any log i can peruse? Any alternatives?
Thanks in advance,

2006-07-31 Retitled by planetscape, as per Monastery guidelines

Original title: 'PasswdFile'

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