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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Expired password
  • Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:56:20 +1000

On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:36:29 +1300, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Ron wrote:

>> With the new year, I suddenly found my [user] password
>> doesn't work anymore: password expired ! Obviously I
>> had set it to expire at the end of 2009.

>> I have (as root) tried using ADDUSER to re-write the
>> expiry date, with same username and password, but it
>> still won't let me in as my non-root user.

>> How do I go about getting my tenure as a user extended ?

> The command you want is: usermod

Yep ! That did the trick. :)

Thanks Steven.

Regards,
Ron


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