Question:
:!su -
Password:
Passwd for user 'root' has expired - use passwd(1) to update it
I changed the passwd on within a month, why should it expire?
And boot from CDROM and modify /etc/shadow is the only option?
Thanks.
Answers:
VRAJAN@CORPORATE.LACELLULAR.com
"Eric D. Pancer" <eric@outlook.net>
ask me to check the passwd aging, which is indeed the problem.
root:somechars:10499:0:0::::
But I found this out after gaining the root access. I was able to
ftp as root to the machine and change /etc/shadow.
MARC.NEWMAN@chase.com
said that I can still login from console as root. I did not verify this.
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