passwd life expired, even root can't reset

From: Robert Kubarych <rkubaryc_at_sunyrockland.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 11:35:46 -0400 (EDT)

Hi All,

We are running c2 security. I had a user who had not used his a/c in so
long that the passwd life expired. Even as root I could not change his
passwd. I fixed it by renaming his dir, running userdel on his login,
deleting him from /etc/passwd, and running edauth -r login on him. I then
added him again and renamed the dir back. Is there an easier way around
this? I thought there might be an entry in the edauth dbase that could be
editted instead.

Thanks.

Rob

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