On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 03:10:28PM +0100, Gerhard Schrenk wrote: > 'adduser --system' adds apparently users with expire and warn period > from /etc/login.defs > > For example it reads the following setting in /etc/login.defs > PASS_MAX_DAYS 183 > PASS_MIN_DAYS 0 > PASS_WARN_AGE 183 > > Example: After 1/2 year after upgrading to sarge logcheck (which added a > new system user) suddenly stopped mailing its reports.
Yuck. Did the account actually have a password? Can you please verify whether useradd -x 99999 will create an account without that restriction? The only possible fix for _adduser_ would be to ignore PASS_MAX_DAYS for system account creation. Is that what you're suggesting? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
