How to manage password ageing for user(s) using the command line tools
Issue
- How do I manage a user's password using the command line tools?
- How do I enforce user passwords to expire after a set amount of time?
- How can
chagebe used for managing password ageing of local users? - Set password expiry using
chage
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3/4/5/6
- shadow-utils
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