Re: password minimum days problem

2006-05-30 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Michelle Konzack said: > Am 2006-05-18 14:39:25, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > So how to have PASS_MIN_DAYS set but to allow/require the new user to > > change his password on the first login? > > Write a script which change the fields in /etc/shadow man chage is you

Re: password minimum days problem

2006-05-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-05-18 14:39:25, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > 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 passwo

Re: password minimum days problem

2006-05-18 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 02:39:25PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So how to have PASS_MIN_DAYS set but to allow/require the new user to change his password on the first login? Use passwd -e to force the user to change his password. Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

password minimum days problem

2006-05-18 Thread prosolutions
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 dif