Alexander Skwar wrote:
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> [11:09:42 vz6tml@dewup-ww02:/neu/opt/tmp] $ passwd -S vz6tml
> vz6tml P
> [11:09:45 vz6tml@dewup-ww02:/neu/opt/tmp] $ uname -a
> Linux dewup-ww02 2.6.17-gentoo-r3.05 #1 SMP Mon Jul 17 15:36:34 CEST 2006 i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
>
> [11:10:10 vz6tml@dewup-ww02:/neu/opt/tmp] $ sudo passwd -S root
> root P 10/05/2005 0 -1 -1 -1

gentoo is not Red Hat. It's not using Red Hat's passwd
program.