------------------------------ From: Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> I'm hoping there's somebody out there with some LDAP experience. >> I've run across something for which I haven't found an answer on >> Google. >> >> I recently tried to use the passwd lock function on an account and >> received the following: >> >> [root@testbox root]$ passwd -l tuser >> Locking password for user tuser. >> passwd: Error (password not set?) > > That smells of a bug in passwd, since all "-l" does is put a "!" in > front of the password. It's possible that the system is not escaping > the "!" and is trying to background a task or bring up an old command.
I thought it put a *LK* in front of the password, but even still, the result is the same. Something isn't being passed correctly.
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