Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 12:53:55 +1000 From: Carey Nairn <Carey.Nairn@ccd.tas.gov.au> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, Bill Ott <bott@grapids.lib.mi.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password Aging Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970904125355.00a3eeb8@falcon.pacit.tas.gov.au>
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What about the login.conf stuff. I had a look at the sample conf file for -current and in the standard user defaults it had this: # standard - standard user defaults # standard:\ :copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\ :welcome=/etc/motd:\ :setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K,EDITOR=/usr/bin/ee:\ :path=~/bin /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin:\ :manpath=/usr/share/man /usr/local/man:\ :nologin=/etc/nologin:\ :cputime=1h30m:\ :datasize=8M:\ :stacksize=2M:\ :memorylocked=4M:\ :memoryuse=8M:\ :filesize=8M:\ :coredumpsize=8M:\ :openfiles=24:\ :maxproc=32:\ :priority=0:\ :requirehome:\ :passwordperiod=90d:\ <--- is this a password aging field ?? :umask=002:\ :ignoretime@:\ :tc=default: cheers, Carey Nairn At 01:36 4/09/97 +0100, Brian Somers wrote: >> I've been looking high and low, and found the question often asked, but >> seldom answered: >> Is there a nice clean (read easy) way to automate the expiration of user >> passwords every 'x' days? I could right a script, but why re-invent the >> wheel... > >Run ``chpass'' as root. > >> -- >> Bill Ott bott@grapids.lib.mi.us > >-- >Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> > <http://www.awfulhak.org> >Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > > > >
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