No Passwd for nuucp

Dan Chaney kherron at ms.uky.edu
Wed Oct 31 00:04:09 AEST 1990


rad at 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



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