[Scottish] SuSE 8.2 passwords question

[neil sinclair]

Thanks for the 'Stalag Sinclair' bit - ok, so we all get carried away!

Anyway, passwd -S says 

fiona PS 08/25/2003 1 30 10 5

I tried passwd -u fiona, but I got the message 

Cannot unlock the password for "fiona"!

I suppose at least it was being polite to me ...

Neil.


On Monday 25 August 2003 22:07, Colin McKinnon wrote:
> On Monday 25 August 2003 20:46, neil sinclair wrote:
> > My problem is this: I set password expiry at 30 days, and my wife ignored
> > the messages and didn't change her password. Not her fault, I should have
> > shown her how, but let's not go there...
>
> Things sound a little totalitarian over at Stalag Sinclair! 30 days?!!
> (http://www.tech-mavens.com/myths.htm)
>
> > Anyway, now SuSE will not let me set a new password for her, or at least
> > will not log her on with her new password.
>
> What does passwd -S <username> say? (Hopefully it starts with L - meaning
> the account is simply locked) See man page for details (type in man passwd
> as the $ prompt).
> Tried passwd -e <username>? passwd -u <username>?
>
> HTH
>
> Colin
>
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