Why I am seeing "Your password has expired" even if my expiration time is in the future ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Logging into a system, user password is considered as expired even if the expiration time is in the future.

ssh  cparente@somehost
cparente@somehost's password: 
Password expired. Change your password now.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Entreprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Identity Management (IPA)

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