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I see this in 'man shadow', but how did this happen? I know the GUI was used
for some of them. Perhaps a default in the GUI? I ended-up hacking the
fifth field in /etc/shadow and changing the passwords. I'm still lost as to
where this came from.
/mario
On Friday 27 August 2004 14:49, you as Steve Szmidt wrote:
> On Friday 27 August 2004 02:02 pm, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> > I'm getting some users/passwords expiring:
> >
> > "Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator"
> >
> > I'm not sure where else to look besides, /etc/passwd
> > I don't see anything interesting.
> > How do I ensure the account doesn't expire?
> >
> > /mario
>
> In /etc/shadow you have the following felds:
> (You also have the command passwd. Read the man page for it.)
>
> Username, up to 8 characters. Case-sensitive, usually all lowercase. A
> direct match to the username in the /etc/passwd file.
>
> Password, 13 character encrypted. A blank entry (eg. ::) indicates a
> password is not required to log in (usually a bad idea), and a ``*'' entry
> (eg. :*:) indicates the account has been disabled.
>
> The number of days (since January 1, 1970) since the password was last
> changed.
>
> The number of days before password may be changed (0 indicates it may be
> changed at any time)
>
> The number of days after which password must be changed (99999 indicates
> user can keep his or her password unchanged for many, many years)
>
> The number of days to warn user of an expiring password (7 for a full week)
>
> The number of days after password expires that account is disabled
>
> The number of days since January 1, 1970 that an account has been disabled
>
> A reserved field for possible future use
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