On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Peter Billson wrote: > >From the man page: > Password expiry information > The password aging information may be changed by the super user > with the -x, -n, -w, and -i options. The -x option is used to set > the maximum number of days a password remains valid. After max > days, the password is required to be changed. The -n option is > used to set the minimum number of days before a password may be > changed. The user will not be permitted to change the password > until min days have elapsed. The -w option is used to set the > number of days of warning the user will receive before their pass > word will expire. The warning occurs warn days before the expira > tion, telling the user how many days until the password is set to > expire. The -i option is used to disable an account after the > password has been expired for a number of days. After a user > account has had an expired password for inact days, the user may > no longer sign on to the account.
This bit, from the Debian man page, is slightly more helpful (and very easy to miss - took me three reads to find it!). Account maintenance If you wish to immediately expire an accounts password, you can use the -e option. This in affect can force a user to change their password at their next login. Haven't actually tried it... -- Phil Davey Computer Officer Hughes Hall College, Cambridge Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
