disable password change prompt notifications

[Daniel Feenberg]

On 11/13/18, David Mehler <dave.mehler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Running Fbsd 11.x. I am getting warning your password will expire on x
> day, and that day is 2 and a half weeks away. This happens both on
> login and when I use the su command. I'd like to suppress these
> password change warnings or at least make them only go off say 3 days
> prior to a mandatory password chage.
> _______________________________________________

Try "man passwd" and look for the "-w" option, but seriously we should
be getting away from forced changes - they fill a much needed gap.
Consider this recommendation:

   Verifiers SHOULD NOT require memorized secrets to be changed
arbitrarily (e.g.,
   periodically).

from the NIST Guidlines:

   https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63b.html#sec10

Daniel Feenberg
NBER