Mark Cooke wrote: > Hi, > > I wish to create certain user accounts that will ask for a new passwd > every 4 weeks, than 1 week after that lock them out. > > As the server they are on will be an email server, I would have to > create a script to email users that their passwd needs changing and will > expire in 1 week from this notice (thus they then ssh in and change > their passwd). > > but looking thru man passwd & man useradd, I can see some form of > referance to this but I can only see an option to input a date that the > account will expire (and I'm under the impression that this will have to > be set manually every time). > As I wish to have the above done automatically , without me setting a > new date every 4 weeks. >
I have now sorted this, using the command: chage Mark _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
