[Solved] How to change the status of an expired user in MCC

[FiableDotBiz]

Hello.
In Mageia 4 drakuser, I have a user marked "expired", so she cannot login. How to change this?
Thank you in advance.

[jkerr82508]

It looks as though you've been hit by this bug:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16467

Comment #1 of that bug report contains a workaround to enable an "expired" account.

See also viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10103

If you wish to downgrade libuser the command for Mageia 4 is:

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urpmi --downgrade libuser-0.60-2.mga4 lib64user1-0.60-2.mga4

or for a 32 bit system:

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urpmi --downgrade libuser-0.60-2.mga4 libuser1-0.60-2.mga4

Jim

[Latte]

https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16467

Comment #1 of that bug report contains a workaround to enable an "expired" account.

If you wish to downgrade libuser the command for Mageia 4 is:

As long as the workaround is working I wouldn't recommend a downgrade since the updated version fixed a critical bug: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16459

[doktor5000]

Can you post the output of

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passwd -S username
chage -l username

[FiableDotBiz]

Thank you very much. In fact, I would improve a bit the workaround, to be executed as root, and which worked for me:

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userdel <username>
groupadd -g <GID> <username>
useradd -g <GID> -u <UID> <username> -c"<User Full Name>"
passwd <username>
usermod -aG <extra group1 ID>,<extra group2 ID>... <username>

where <username> should be replaced by the user's computer username, <GID> by that user's primary group ID number, <UID> by the user ID number, <User Full Name> by his real name (between quotation marks), <extra group1 ID>,<extra group2 ID>... by the non primary groups he should belong too, if any, separated by commas. If not, omit that line. In case there are other members of the primary group, userdel will complain it cannot delete the primary group, so that you don't need the groupadd command line.

@doktor5000:

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# passwd -S firm-suren
firm-suren PS (Password set, blowfish crypt.)

# chage -l firm-suren
Last password change                                    : never
Password expires                                        : never
Password inactive                                       : never
Account expires                                         : never
Minimum number of days between password change          : -1
Maximum number of days between password change          : -1
Number of days of warning before password expires       : -1

[doktor5000]

Deleting the user and recreating it is a bit overkill ...

[FiableDotBiz]

So what do you propose?

[doktor5000]

Simply set a new password and then check again, and then change it back to the old one?

[FiableDotBiz]

Your solution doesn't work:

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# passwd firm-suren
Changing password for user firm-suren.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error


but it seems the bug is now corrected and the updates, available very soon.