Steve Westlie wrote:
> Hi TCLUG.
> 
> Last year, on May 16th, you posted a question on a Linux forum about
> passwords:
> 
> ******************
> "Hello,
> 
> I have a user on my system whose password expires after one day when it's
> changed by root.  I've tried setting the password as root, and then logging
> into the system and changing the password as the user, but it still expires
> after one day.  Anyone have any advice on where to look first?"
> 
> *****************
> 
> It so happens that I am experiencing the same thing. In my case, the users
> affected by this had their primary group changed from the default.
> 
> Any luck???
> 
> Thanks for any advise.
> 
> Steve
> 

I would look first at:

man passwd

and take special interest in the Password Expiry section.  But that's 
just me. ;-)

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