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

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Problem

How to use the lchage command: Display or change user password policy. More information: <https://manned.org/lchage>.

Solution

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}}

Code Snippets

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}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/lchage

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