passwd -l

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:27:17AM +0200, Thilo Six wrote:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/238755
> 
> 
> 
> summary:
> 
> * cronjobs are broken for system that has a 'passwd -l root' with hardy
>    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/330437
> 
> * the implematation of the patch that changed 'passwd -l' is broken:
>    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492307
> 
> * + the confusion it causes at users-side due to unexpeted behaviour.
> 
> All of this is fixed in debian now. For hardy this all is imho a serve
> regression.
> 
> Pls devs fix it.

The bug is targeted for fixing in 8.04.

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 - mdz