Why am I getting the error "account xxxx has password changed in future" in logs?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Logs (/var/log/secure) shows the following message during user login, How do I fix it?

    sshd[xxx]: pam_unix(sshd:account): account xxxx has password changed in future

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5/6

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