From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 10:03:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4870837B401 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:03:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from symbion.srrc.usda.gov (symbion.srrc.usda.gov [199.133.86.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17D3943FB1 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:03:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov) Received: from node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by symbion.srrc.usda.gov (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h52H3Gx1082217 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:03:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from glenn@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov) Received: (from glenn@localhost)h52H3Ehv082216 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:03:14 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:03:14 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030602170314.GA80405@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: password aging X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 17:03:19 -0000 I need to implement a password aging capability for my FreeBSD systems (5.0). This is mandated by my employer. I want to be able to have the user prompted to change the password every 30 days and disallow login if the password is not changed. It would be nice to have a password strength checker run as well before accepting the password. I figured out how to set the password expiry date but the password change field is not updated in the master.passwd file after the password is changed. It looks like I am going to have to write some scripts to handle this but I wanted to check with the list to see if any one could offer any pointers, gotchas, etc. Thanks. -- Glenn Johnson USDA, ARS, SRRC Phone: (504) 286-4252 New Orleans, LA 70124 e-mail: gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov