On 12/03/2015 10:37 AM, Frédéric Bron wrote:
On fedora 23 the following command does not work anymore: $ passwd -u username Unlocking password for user username. passwd: Libuser error at line: 171 - Invalid contents of lock `/etc/shadow.lock'. passwd: Error (password not set?) What can I do to unlock this user?
Well, for one thing you'd need to do it as root--not as yourself (the shadow files have permissions 000 (only root can access them). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - "I'd explain it to you, but your brain might explode." - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
