On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Hari N <hari2n@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ben, > > After the line in your script where you create a new user, you could try > adding a line that will change the third field in /etc/shadow for that new > user and make that value zero. Basically passwd -f command does the same. If > this value is set to zero, it should prompt the user to change his password > when he logs in next time. > > Regards, > Hari I meant to send an example as well: cat /etc/shadow | grep username username:ovXk64RTyiOeR:*10360* change it to: username:ovXk64RTyiOeR:*0 * See if this helps. Regards, Hari* * -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
