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lchage - Unix, Linux Command
NAME
lchage - Display or change user password policy
SYNOPSIS
lchage [OPTION]... user
DESCRIPTION
Displays or allows changing password policy of user.
OPTIONS
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| -d, --date=days | |
|
Set the date of last password change to days after Jan 1 1970.
| |
| -E, --expire=days | |
|
Set the account expiration date to days after Jan 1 1970.
Set days to -1 to disable account expiration.
| |
| -i, --interactive | |
|
Ask all questions when connecting to the user database,
even if default answers are set up in
libuser configuration.
| |
| -I, --inactive=days | |
|
Disable the account after days after password expires (after
the user user is required to change the password).
| |
| -l, --list |
Only list current user’s policy and make no changes.
|
| -m, --mindays=days | |
|
Require at least days days between password changes.
Set days to 0 to disable this checking.
| |
| -M, --maxdays=days | |
|
Require changing the password after days since last password change.
Set days to 99999 to disable this checking.
| |
| -W, --warndays=days | |
|
Start warning the user days before password expires (before
the user is required to change the password).
| |
EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.Advertisements