Here's the issue. If PASS_MIN_DAYS is set to some value in /etc/login.defs, this defines the minimum number of days a user must keep the same password. This is intended to prevent "password cycling". "Password cycling" is when a password history is used and the new password is required to be different than the N previous ones. If there's no PASS_MIN_DAYS set then the user can immediately cycle through N passwords to get their old one back.
But the problem I'm having is this: when I set PASS_MIN_DAYS to some value, it seems that the user account must be deleted and recreated for the new setting to take affect. This is all good and fine, but when I initially create the new user, I give them some default password that they should have to change right away. However PASS_MIN_DAYS is preventing this from happening. So how to have PASS_MIN_DAYS set but to allow/require the new user to change his password on the first login? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]