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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.

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

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  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
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  Bhupsa October 14, 2009 at 3:43 pm

  # passwd -f

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