How do I change the minimum number of days between password change?
-
Also see:
chage - change user password expiry information-m, --mindays MIN_DAYS Set the minimum number of days between password changes to MIN_DAYS. A value of zero for this field indicates that the user may change their password at any time.
Check the user password expiry information.
$ sudo chage -l testuser Last password change : Mar 23, 2018 Password expires : never Password inactive : never Account expires : Jan 08, 1970 Minimum number of days between password change : 0 Maximum number of days between password change : 99999 Number of days of warning before password expires : 7
Change the minimum number of days between password change to 30 days
$ sudo chage -m 30 testuser
Check again.
$ sudo chage -l testuser Last password change : Mar 23, 2018 Password expires : never Password inactive : never Account expires : Jan 08, 1970 Minimum number of days between password change : 30 Maximum number of days between password change : 99999 Number of days of warning before password expires : 7
© Lightnetics 2024