nixCraft

Hi All

I have Redhat linux server and configured FTP (vftpd) server on it. I am facing one starnge problem that, the users passwd which is created to login into FTP is automatically getting resetted every day. Every day i need to set the passwd. How do i prevent that, where is the option for that.

Regards
Sakthi

can u check by creating a user id and login using ssh.Also check the user details in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file.It may be having some issue with min time period in /etc/shadow or expiry of account.
One more way u can check is create an account using the syntax
useradd -e expirydate
so that you can confirm that expiry is happening on that date.
For more info check man useradd

move user to nologin mode in /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/groups!
grep utmp/wtmp user logging/command issue from utmp/wtmp accounting logs!
add user to ssh deny list
revert back in forum!

man vipw
man vigr