periodic passwd change?

[Erik Norgaard]

Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> 	I can't see how to prescribe periodic passwd change,
> only how to set expiry time. At the moment I put the following
> line in the root's crontab:
> 
> 2 2 2 * * pw usermod shterenl -p "`date '+\%d-\%m-\%Y'`"
> 
> This makes a user's passwd expire once a month.
> 
> Is there a better way to force users change their passwds periodically?

You can set it in login.conf, when the password is updated the next 
expire is automatically set.

Cheers, Erik

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