Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 21:27:52 -0400 From: Matthew Hunt <hunt@mph124.rh.psu.edu> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: Bill Ott <bott@grapids.lib.mi.us>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password Aging Message-ID: <19970903212752.11772@mph124.rh.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199709040036.BAA16787@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>; from Brian Somers on Thu, Sep 04, 1997 at 01:36:00AM %2B0100 References: <199709040036.BAA16787@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Thu, Sep 04, 1997 at 01:36:00AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > Is there a nice clean (read easy) way to automate the expiration of user > > passwords every 'x' days? I could right a script, but why re-invent the > > wheel... > > Run ``chpass'' as root. As far as I can tell, you can set an expiry date, such as January 1, 1998, but you can't say that the user's password expires every 90 days. I think the latter is what the original poster wanted. If chpass has this functionality, I haven't managed to find it. -- Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> * Think locally, act globally. finger hunt@mph124.rh.psu.edu for PGP public key.
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