pam_acct_mgmt(): user account has expired (was Re: Login Problem)

[Barry Hawkins]

On Mar 6, 2004, at 5:42 PM, Barry Hawkins wrote:

> On Mar 4, 2004, at 1:33 PM, Gerard Seibert wrote:
>
>> I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1 - RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004
>>
>> It seems that I can no longer log into my system. Upon boot-up, the
>> usually login appears. I enter my normal login and then my password. 
>> I am
>> then greeted with this error message:
>>
>> BudMan login: pam_acct_mgmt(1): user account has expired
>> Login Incorrect.
>>
>> Shortly afterwards I receive these error messages:
>>
>> BudMan cron[538] _secure_path: /usr/home/ges/.login_conf is not owned 
>> by
>> root
>>
>> The last error message will repeat with the number getting 
>> progressively
>> higher.
>>
>> This is a fresh install of FreeBSD. The only thing I added was KDE 3.2
>> today. Can anyone tell me what has happened and how do I get back 
>> into my
>> system?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Gerard Seibert
>> gerard-seibert at rcn.com
>>
> Gerard,
> 	I am having a similar issue logging in on 5.2.1-RC2, and it seems to 
> have happened around the time I added a user and some groups using the 
> KUser utility in KDE.  All accounts, including root, are "expired".  
> My error message is:
>
> 	login: pam_acct_mgmt(): user accound has expired
> 	Login Incorrect.
>
> Then, a bit later, I receive messages like the following:
>
> 	kernel: psmintr: out of sync (0008 != 0000)
> 	kernel: psmintr: discard a byte(1)
>
> 	On a side note, the message really does display "accound" instead of 
> "account"; it's not a typo of mine.  Searches on the following phrases 
> within the questions and newbies mailing lists produced no leads for 
> me to research:
> 	'pam_acct_mgmt(): user accound has expired'
> 	'pam_acct_mgmt():'
> 	'psmintr'
>
I booted into single-user mode (I was amazed to find that 
Ctrl-Alt-Delete shutdown the server from the login prompt.) and took a 
look at /etc/master.passwd.  At the end of one user's entry for shell, 
which was /bin/sh, there was "swd 91%" appended to the end.  I wonder 
if something happened to the file and that's why I am seeing this 
password expired issue?

Being schooled,
-- 
Barry C. Hawkins
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