On Monday 14 July 2008 02:33:55 pm Hari N wrote: > 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* > * Again let me recorrect myself. It does work, just not with the su username command.. But they are required to change their password if they log into the box via SSH (I have not yet checked a X session (which shouldn't be needed, but we do provide TWM for some developers who request it) .. Thanks for the help -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
