force password change

UNIX/Linux System Administration

force password change

Postby Leif Husman on Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:15 pm

I was thinking:

passwd -x 0 worf

...to force a password chang at next boot. Will this work?


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Re: force password change

Postby Hilde Bell on Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:03 am

I'm not sure about the passwd option but I tried the following command and it worked:

chage -d 0 [i]username[/i]
Hilde
.......__o
.......\<,
....( )/ ( )
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"chage" not "change"

Postby Leif Husman on Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:15 am

I was going to ask, but I checked it...

chage


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