On Monday 14 July 2008 05:05:03 pm Hari N wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Ben Kevan <ben.kevan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > And just to make me feel bad.. > > > > chage -d 0 does what my script does.. but for some reason when you su > > username > > in RHEL 4 it does not look for the expiration in /etc/shadow (pretty > > lame) .. > > > > Oh well.. thanks for all the help > > > > Ben > > Perhaps it did not need a password change to allow you to switch because > you did su from root login? Did you try to su to this user from another > non-root user id? > > Hari Nope, I did su from my normal user account. If from root, I would expect no requirement for password prompt either (as it should / would just switch your user for you). Ben -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
