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Re: account disabled



On: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:29:18 -0400 (EDT) Paul Miller writes:
> 
> Some of my users' accounts are getting disabled by the system.  I
> have not set any expiration dates, etc..  How do I re-enable them
> and prevent this from occurring again?

You should take a look at the values in the /etc/shadow files (their
meaning is explained in man shadow).  I have seen Unix systems that
disable an account after half a year by default.  Don't know if Debian
behaves the same with some version of adduser or useradd command.

Maybe you can use the passwd -u command to unlock the account.  Run
passwd -S prior to check the current status of the user.  The
inactivity period should be set to -1 for no expiry of the account.

	Torsten

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