 | | | System wide max passwd age? | System wide max passwd age? 2004-03-25 - By Shane C Branch
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Steven J. Yellin wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, shane c branch wrote:
>
>> Steven J. Yellin wrote:
>> > I've never done this, but
>> > useradd -D -e expire_date -f inactive_days
>> > might do approximately what you want.
>>
>> I finally got a chance to start playing around with this today. Yes, the
>> information you provided combined with a reading of the following:
>> http://www.netsys.com/cgi-bin/display_article.cgi?1088
>>
>> and I am close to accomplishing my goal. I now have the useradd program
>> defaults set to my expiration requirements. And with the script provided
>> at the link above, creating users should be even easier.
>>
>> However, I'm still confused as to how to apply the password max age
>> policy to existing users. I'm sure it's in the documentation, but I'm
>> just not making the connection.
>>
> Maybe it would work to just edit /etc/shadow. "man 5 shadow" says what
> the various fields (stuff between ":") mean.
>
I figured it out not too long after posting that email.
Following the previous suggestion, I did:
#useradd -D to see what my defaults were
then
#useradd -D -e186
to set the system wide expiration date. That takes care of any future users.
Then for current users
#passwd -w14 -x186 username
that set the warning and the max age for the current users. The current
users did have to reset passwords, but that's a small price to get the
policy in place.
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regards,
shane
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