password expiry

[Matthew Seaman]

On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 12:59:58PM +0200, Piotr Gnyp wrote:
> I`m trying to set password expiry for users, I`ve changed login.conf to:
>         :minpasswordlen=6:\
>         :passwordtime=30d:\
>         :warnpassword=1w:\
> 
> But it doesn`t seem to work. What I`m missing, or where I will find the
> answer. Plase advice.

    # cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf

perhaps?  Remember too that login.conf is only consulted at login
time, so you have to log out and back in again in order to see any
effects.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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