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 _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
