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Update user module for Linux shadow-utils changes #87428

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Summary

The Linux shadow-utils project is removing features related to password expiration, see:

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086949/

The user module should be reviewed and updated to be compatible with latest and upcoming shadow-utils on Linux. It would be also a good idea to adjust the parameter descriptions in the module documentation as well.

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user

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2.21

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Linux

Steps to Reproduce

See the description - needs to be investigated especially after the next round of feature removals from shadow-utils.

Expected Results

Clear documentation and failures where needed.

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TBD.

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