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lchage

Display or change user password policy. More information: https://manned.org/lchage.

  • Disable password expiration for the user:

sudo lchage --date -1 username

  • Display the password policy for the user:

sudo lchage --list username

  • Require password change for the user a certain number of days after the last password change:

sudo lchage --maxdays number_of_days username

  • Start warning the user a certain number of days before the password expires:

sudo lchage --warndays number_of_days username

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