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chage — Change user account and password expiry information. More information: <https://manned.org/chage>.

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commandpasswordaccountandclichangechageuser

linux

Problem

How to use the chage command: Change user account and password expiry information. More information: <https://manned.org/chage>.

Solution

chage — Change user account and password expiry information. More information: <https://manned.org/chage>.

List password information for the user:

chage {{[-l|--list]}} {{username}}

Enable password expiration in 10 days:

sudo chage {{[-M|--maxdays]}} {{10}} {{username}}

Disable password expiration:

sudo chage {{[-M|--maxdays]}} {{-1}} {{username}}

Set account expiration date:

sudo chage {{[-E|--expiredate]}} {{YYYY-MM-DD}} {{username}}

Force user to change password on next log in:

sudo chage {{[-d|--lastday]}} {{0}} {{username}}

Re-enable an account:

sudo chage {{[-E|--expiredate]}} -1 {{username}}

Code Snippets

List password information for the user

chage {{[-l|--list]}} {{username}}

Enable password expiration in 10 days

sudo chage {{[-M|--maxdays]}} {{10}} {{username}}

Disable password expiration

sudo chage {{[-M|--maxdays]}} {{-1}} {{username}}

Set account expiration date

sudo chage {{[-E|--expiredate]}} {{YYYY-MM-DD}} {{username}}

Force user to change password on next log in

sudo chage {{[-d|--lastday]}} {{0}} {{username}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/chage

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