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