Package: passwd Version: 1:4.0.3-31sarge1 Severity: minor Tags: patch
It would be good if the man page for chage documented how to remove the expiration from an account. I have a simple patch attached with a suggested change. donfede -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.6-rfasub105-0 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii login 1:4.0.3-31sarge1 system login tools -- debconf information: passwd/password-mismatch: * passwd/username: rzewnickie passwd/password-empty: passwd/make-user: true passwd/md5: false passwd/shadow: true passwd/username-bad: * passwd/user-fullname: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
--- man/chage.1_ORG 2005-04-13 14:45:33.000000000 -0400 +++ man/chage.1 2005-04-13 15:01:27.000000000 -0400 @@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ which the accounted is locked. The date may also be expressed in the format YYYY-MM-DD (or the format more commonly used in your area). +Passing the number -1 as the \fIexpiredate\fR will remove an accounts +expiration date. A user whose account is locked must contact the system administrator before being able to use the system again. .PP
