Chage example

chage

Change user account and password expiry information.

  • List password information for the user:

chage -l {{user_name}}

  • Enable password expiration in 10 days:

sudo chage -M {{10}} {{user_name}}

  • Disable password expiration:

sudo chage -M -1 {{user_name}}

  • Set account expiration date:

sudo chage -E {{YYYY-MM-DD}}

  • Force user to change password on next log in:

sudo chage -d 0