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chage

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

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