root password keeps expiring

[Claude Jones]

On Thu April 28 2005 10:03 pm, jludwig wrote:
> On Thursday 28 April 2005 08:46 pm, Claude Jones wrote:
> > Having a bunch of issues brought on perhaps, by installing kde-redhat in
> > level 5, but that's another story. One thing that is happenning that's
> > baffling me is that my root password keeps expiring. 
>
> Have you checked to see if the password is being shadowed.
>
I don't know what this means - I guess more reading..
> Have you set chattr for /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow ?
>
see above
> is selinux enabled ?
>
yes - all settings are at default
> SHADOW(5)
>
> NAME
>        shadow - encrypted password file
>
> DESCRIPTION
>        shadow contains the encrypted password information for user’s
> accounts and optional the password aging information.  Included is
>
>             Login name
>
>             Encrypted password
>
>             Days since Jan 1, 1970 that password was last changed
>
>             Days before password may be changed
>
>             Days after which password must be changed
>
>             Days before password is to expire that user is warned
>
>             Days after password expires that account is disabled
>
>             Days since Jan 1, 1970 that account is disabled
>
>        An account is considered to be inactive and is disabled if the
> password is not changed within the specified number of  days  after  the 
> password expires.  An account will also be disabled on the specified day
> regardless of other password expiration information.
>
>        This information supercedes any password or password age information
> present in /etc/passwd.
>
>        This file must not be readable by regular users if password security
> is to be maintained.
>
> FILES
>        /etc/passwd - user account information
>        /etc/shadow - encrypted user passwords
>
> --
> John H Ludwig
>
> Common sense is so rare, why do they call it common!!!
>
> Manual customization of this file is not recommended,
> BUT WILL BE DONE!!!

-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA