Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:36:20 -0500 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Cc: glarkin@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: creating new user account password. Message-ID: <510065E4.4070200@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <51004729.6080809@FreeBSD.org> References: <510042DC.6000406@a1poweruser.com> <51004729.6080809@FreeBSD.org>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 23/01/2013 20:06, Fbsd8 wrote: >> I know I can create a new user account having a password same as the >> user name. After logging in the first time using the user account name >> as the password, I want to force the user to create a new password. >> Is there a way to do that? > > You can set the password to expire virtually immediately: > > pw usermod -n username -p +1m > > or add the '-p +1m' bit to the 'pw useradd' line used to create the account. > > I believe this will mean the user is required to set a new password on > login after the password has expired. Might be an idea to test that though. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > Thank you both, Matthew and Greg I added -p 12-12-12 as a date in the past day 12 month 12 year 12. I tested and right after entering the account name pw I was asked for a new password. That is what I wanted. Matthew gave me the -p option to use on the pw adduser command and Greg gave me the clue to use a date in the past.
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