chage
Change user account and password expiry information. More information: https://manned.org/chage.
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List password information for the user:
chage --list {{username}}
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Enable password expiration in 10 days:
sudo chage --maxdays {{10}} {{username}}
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Disable password expiration:
sudo chage --maxdays {{-1}} {{username}}
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Set account expiration date:
sudo chage --expiredate {{YYYY-MM-DD}} {{username}}
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Force user to change password on next log in:
sudo chage --lastday {{0}} {{username}}
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