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  1. Bug #238755
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 238755

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x (xk2c-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: 'Account has expired' message when adding a new user

the original intention of upstream has been to prevent ssh access where the user has been locked.

Maybe a solution is to advance the patch to expire the account only if $USER != root

That way the original intention is preserved without this somewhat regression.