Password warning period: The number of days before a password is going to expire (see the maximum password age above) during which the user should be warned. Maximum password age: The maximum password age is the number of days after which the user will have to change her password. Minimum password age: The minimum password age is the number of days the user will have to wait before she will be allowed to change her password again. Username: User login name, it be a valid account name, which exists on the system.Įncrypted Password: Encrypted Password hash, which contains three parts like hash_algorithm, hash_salt, and hash_data.ĭate of last password change: The date of the last password change, expressed as the number of days since Jan 1, 1970. These are the Nine fields, which are in /etc/shadow file. It looks to be an issue with PAM whereby even after sucessfully changing the root password, the root account is still listed as expired This is not an issue with the root password or changing the root password etc - please do not suggest ways in which the password or expiry date can be changed. Trying to log into VAMI gives the error ' Could not fetch the user details.' Your account has expired please contact your system administratorĬhanged the password in SSH - issue remainsīroke intop the GRUB using and changed the password - issue remains

User account has expired