sudo passwd does not work

Two of my original 3 year old Pi have been unreliable and lose connection after 5 to 52 minutes. Passwd also does not work as it did as the first thing after getting delivery in 2012.
My original squawk from June has been ignored and I am wondering if FA has any developers or moderators who know what thet are doing?

Isn’t passwd an OS function?

Maybe get a new flash, and image a new OS, and start over. Stuff made in communist China doesn’t last forever :slight_smile: