# chage -d 0 username
Unlock account
In redhat…
# passwd -u rdircio
# faiilog -u rdircio -r
pwconv and pwck cannot lock /etc/passwd
[root@myserver root]# pwck
pwck: cannot lock file /etc/passwd
you need to remove the lock file
[root@myserver root]# ls -la /etc/.pwd.lock
-rw——- 1 root root 0 Jul 14 2003 /etc/.pwd.lock
[root@myserver root]# rm /etc/.pwd.lock
rm: remove `/etc/.pwd.lock’? y
[root@dbn-ie2k214 root]# pwck
user adm: directory /var/adm does not exist
user news: directory /var/spool/news does not exist
user uucp: directory /var/spool/uucp does not exist
user gopher: directory /var/gopher does not exist
user wnn: directory /home/wnn does not exist
user gdm: directory /var/gdm does not exist
pwck: no changes
ck
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