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From: kherron@ms.uky.edu (Dan Chaney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: No Passwd for nuucp
Message-ID: <kherron.657291849@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 30 Oct 90 13:04:09 GMT
References: <1990Oct22.211639.14436@mccc.uucp> <1990Oct25.155651.16447@eci386.uucp> <103@genco.bungi.com>
Organization: U of Ky, Math. Sciences, Lexington KY
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rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel) writes:

>Also, in '/etc/shadow', the last two entries usually defaul to ':14:28'
>which mean you can't change the passwd within 14 days and must be changed
>after 28 days.  Just remove those two number and password ageing will
>be disabled for that login.

Once again, let me state:  The passmgmt and passwd programs give you all
the control you'd need over the password and shadow files.  It is NOT
necessary to hand-edit them.

Kenneth Herron