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Linux: How to Force Users to Change Password at First Login

Rai

Linux

So,how do you, as a Linux System Administrator, force system users to change their passwords at first or next login? Very simple:

Using chage command:

If the password is already set, execute this command to expire the user account:

chage -d 0 user1

On the user’s next login, password change will be enforced.

Very simple.

3 Comments to “Linux: How to Force Users to Change Password at First Login”

toff September 17, 2009 at 6:19 pm
unfortunatly , it doesn’t work with ldap+gdm session
I mean like MS domain session opening with passord changing forced
Bhupsa October 14, 2009 at 3:43 pm
# passwd -f
pete January 10, 2012 at 5:16 am
> If the password is already set,

yeah, but what about if the password is *not* already set, as when creating a new account? you covered “next” login, but not “first” login.

thanks anyway. 8-P