Ed, worked like a charm! Thanks! Anne -----Original Message----- From: egf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:egf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 4:17 AM To: diabeticithink@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: exclude user from password policy? Anne, What you want is the command: <faillog> And, for excluding "root" from the 5 failure policy, the command would be: faillog -u root -m 0 regards, ed -- Ed Franks sysadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Unix Mechanic & SysAdmin @ Linux/Solaris/Security Albuquerque, New Mexico _.<\-' Doing interesting things with Linux Counter # 52009 ...(_)/_(_) small computers since 1981 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list