user account expired ???

rahimzai · 10-01-2005, 06:09 AM

when i installed redhat 9.0 i had my own account (payab) and now when i login it says that the administrator had closed your acccount and contact your administrator.. wat should i do ?
i know that this can be done trough root account login but how ?

thomas.jt · 10-02-2005, 08:11 AM

Try this command as root:

passwd -u account-to-unlock

...hope that helps.

rahimzai · 10-03-2005, 12:29 AM

thanks i tried to change the password of the user but it had the error " Authentication error"
but i will try it out !
thanks anyway !

gadekishore · 10-10-2005, 05:03 AM

give this command in single user mode:

#authconfig
*md5(click)
*shadow(click)
then it works .
if account expires give this command:
#chage -E never root