Public bug reported:
r...@xxxxxxxxxx:/etc/pam.d# cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 8.10 \n \l
r...@xxxxxxxxx:/etc/pam.d# man passwd | grep min
-m, --mindays MIN_DAYS
Set the minimum number of days between password changes to
of the last password change. The next four fields are the minimum
r...@onmsip02:/etc/pam.d# passwd -m 1 root
passwd: invalid option -- 'm'
Usage: passwd [options] [LOGIN]
Options:
-a, --all report password status on all accounts
-d, --delete delete the password for the named account
-e, --expire force expire the password for the named account
-h, --help display this help message and exit
-k, --keep-tokens change password only if expired
-i, --inactive INACTIVE set password inactive after expiration
to INACTIVE
-l, --lock lock the named account
-n, --mindays MIN_DAYS set minimum number of days before password
change to MIN_DAYS
-q, --quiet quiet mode
-r, --repository REPOSITORY change password in REPOSITORY repository
-S, --status report password status on the named account
-u, --unlock unlock the named account
-w, --warndays WARN_DAYS set expiration warning days to WARN_DAYS
-x, --maxdays MAX_DAYS set maximim number of days before password
change to MAX_DAYS
r...@xxxxxxxxx:/etc/pam.d# passwd -n 1 root && echo $?
Password changed.
0
r...@xxxxxxxx:/etc/pam.d#
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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passwd man mistake minage -m should be -n
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600653
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