I've never done this, but useradd -D -e expire_date -f inactive_days might do approximately what you want. On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, shane c branch wrote: > How does one set a system wide policy for max password age? I know that > this can be done on the command line when a new account is created, but > I'd rather not have to do this each time a user is created. > -- Steven Yellin -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list