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Old 09-23-2003, 10:55 PM   #1
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Question Login expired


Please help me.
I am using RH 9. Just installed last 3 days, when come to login interface I use the same username and password as I created during installation, it's OK. But now it display the message "User account has expired!". Then I try the admin login, message "Authentication failed". ???
 
Old 09-24-2003, 12:31 AM   #2
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u must have set the xpiry option while creating the user account...

and abt ur admin account.. u r defenitely goofing up on username/password.. admin is always enabled.. try to remember the spelling correctly...

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Old 09-24-2003, 01:04 AM   #3
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u must have set the xpiry option while creating the user account...

and abt ur admin account.. u r defenitely goofing up on username/password.. admin is always enabled.. try to remember the spelling correctly...

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where is the xpiry option set?
i did wrote down the correct username and password, but still can't work.
 
Old 09-26-2003, 12:11 AM   #4
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check the preferences of a particular user and there is a "Account info " tab... expiry option is set over there ...

and if u r typing ur name and password correctly, there is no way u shud not login...

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Old 09-28-2003, 07:44 PM   #5
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check the preferences of a particular user and there is a "Account info " tab... expiry option is set over there ...

and if u r typing ur name and password correctly, there is no way u shud not login...

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Xing
But I can't login to the system. My friend told me to format the PC, reinstall all thing and start again. Is that the only way?
 
Old 10-13-2003, 06:00 AM   #6
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seems to be the only way ...
 
Old 10-14-2003, 12:54 AM   #7
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Solve!
My friend solve it. He copy one file to replace the original one then restart. It work.
Thank you for those helping me.
 
Old 04-25-2007, 04:53 AM   #8
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Hi all,

I have the same problem, but with SuSE 9. I can't seem to figure out how to reactivate an expired account in YaST, although I'm not sure why this non-root account is disabled (especially since the "Disable account login" setting is unchecked).

TYIA
 
Old 04-25-2007, 06:00 AM   #9
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It would be pretty bad if one had to reinstall Linux simply because of a lost password. No, there are ways to set a new password or to change old ones but in this case they involve using the command line. I am not quite familiar with the RH procedure but I assume you would:
- start in single mode (=add "single" to your grub / lilo boot line)
- from the command line, issue the passwd command, which will set a new root password

Once you get that far, you can log in as root to set/change user passwords. Alternatively, you can set/change user password on the command line with adduser (or userradd) and passwd.
 
Old 04-25-2007, 07:29 PM   #10
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Well as far as I can tell the account that I normally login/SSH as has expired (I can still login and SSH as root). I can change the accounts password with YaST, but regardless of what I set it to when I try to SSH as that user it says the user expired. Interestingly enough, when I'm logged in as root in shell, I can't run passwd to change that user's password; it says the account has expired (a message I do not get from YaST). Again, TYIA for the help.
 
  


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