1) Set the password expiry date for username (*-M will update both \u201cPassword expires\u201d and \u201cMaximum number of days between password change\u201d):<\/p>\n
chage -M number-of-days username<\/em><\/p>\n *If the password expiry date is reached and user doesn\u2019t change his password, the system will force him to change the password before the login is executed.<\/p>\n 2) Change the Account Expiry Date:<\/p>\n chage -E “2009-11-31” username<\/em><\/p>\n 3) Force the user account to lock after 10 days:<\/p>\n chage -I 10 username<\/em><\/p>\n 4) Turn off the password expiration for an user account, set the following:<\/p>\n -m 0 will set the minimum number of days between password change to 0 chage -m 0 -M 99999 -I -1 -E -1 username<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1) Set the password expiry date for username (*-M will update both \u201cPassword expires\u201d and \u201cMaximum number of days between password change\u201d): chage -M number-of-days username *If the password expiry date is reached and user doesn\u2019t change his password, the … Continue reading
\n-M 99999 will set the maximum number of days between password change to 99999
\n-I -1 (number minus one) will set the \u201cPassword inactive\u201d to never
\n-E -1 (number minus one) will set \u201cAccount expires\u201d to never.<\/p>\n