On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, shane c branch wrote: > Steven J. Yellin wrote: > > I've never done this, but > > useradd -D -e expire_date -f inactive_days > > might do approximately what you want. > > I finally got a chance to start playing around with this today. Yes, the > information you provided combined with a reading of the following: > http://www.netsys.com/cgi-bin/display_article.cgi?1088 > > and I am close to accomplishing my goal. I now have the useradd program > defaults set to my expiration requirements. And with the script provided > at the link above, creating users should be even easier. > > However, I'm still confused as to how to apply the password max age > policy to existing users. I'm sure it's in the documentation, but I'm > just not making the connection. > Maybe it would work to just edit /etc/shadow. "man 5 shadow" says what the various fields (stuff between ":") mean. -- Steven Yellin -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
