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Old 10-12-2003, 12:50 AM   #1
khalidcsc
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Unhappy Your account has expired " VEREY URGENT"


hi all,
i try to log in to my server as a root using ssh command, but when i enter my password it says "Permission denied, please try again"....!!!!
on the another side i still have a terminal opened on that server as a root and i can change my password on it, but when i try to login as another user then trying to "su" as a root it gave me this MSG:
$ su
Password:
Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator
su: incorrect password

please any help ?
 
Old 10-12-2003, 01:44 AM   #2
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create new user and give him root permition .......i thank ....
 
Old 10-12-2003, 04:32 AM   #3
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may be the sys admin had set ur password to expire after some time

u need to contact him to reactivate ur account
 
Old 10-12-2003, 05:27 AM   #4
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please do NOT use words like "urgent" in thread titles. it is not urgnet for us, and genereally considered rude. thanks
 
Old 10-12-2003, 01:01 PM   #5
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Originally posted by acid_kewpie
please do NOT use words like "urgent" in thread titles. it is not urgnet for us, and genereally considered rude. thanks
Also to add in all caps, that comes off as yelling as well. Regards.
 
  


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