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Date:      Thu, 13 May 2004 12:18:46 +0100
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        Piotr Gnyp <toread@discordia.pl>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: password expiry
Message-ID:  <20040513111846.GC39379@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0405131258380.94580@discordia.pl>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.58.0405131258380.94580@discordia.pl>

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On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 12:59:58PM +0200, Piotr Gnyp wrote:
> I`m trying to set password expiry for users, I`ve changed login.conf to:
>         :minpasswordlen=3D6:\
>         :passwordtime=3D30d:\
>         :warnpassword=3D1w:\
>=20
> But it doesn`t seem to work. What I`m missing, or where I will find the
> answer. Plase advice.

    # cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf

perhaps?  Remember too that login.conf is only consulted at login
time, so you have to log out and back in again in order to see any
effects.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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