force user to change password at next logon

[peterve]

Hi,

How can I configure my Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 AS to force a useraccount to change his password at next logon ?
I used to do this with passwd -f under Solaris, but this doesn't work anymore

I've tried chage -d0 <username> but that doesn't do anything either...



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[TrojanWarBlade]

usermod" allows you to set the "expire date" with the "-e" switch.
You might also wish to use the "-f" option to stop the account being locked completely.


Trojan.

 

[peterve]

what is the syntax ? I don't want to put in a date or so, I just want to script the 'force user to change his password at next logon'... without having to take care about the date or time



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[KarveR]

passwd -x 0 [username]

or passwd -x 30 [username] to make em change it every 30 days.

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[peterve]

so what do I do to
- force the user to change it at next logon
- make sure the user has to change it every 90 days


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[peterve]

I've tested passwd -x 0 username and that didn't work

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[KarveR]

I'm using ES4 too,
[root@xxx ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 1)

better than plastic surgery :
[root@xxx ~]# passwd -x 0 joancollins
Adjusting aging data for user joancollins.
passwd: Success


login as: joancollins
joancollins@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx's password:
Warning: your password will expire in 0 days
Last login: Tue Oct 18 10:15:27 2005 from xxxxxxxxxxxx


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There's no present like the time, they say. - Henry's Cat.