That's really interesting -- what version of Mandrake are you running? I've
got 8.0 here on a test box and when I issue this command, set the maximum
password age to zero, and log in as that user, it simply gives me a warning
saying that my password's going to expire in 0 days. When I set the '-W'
flag to zero, it logs me in simply with no warning (as if nothing was ever
done).
BTW, this is with shadow-utils-20000826-5mdk
Thanks for the reply,
-Charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Fortin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "x" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] One-time passwd -- how?
> x wrote:
> >
> > I can't seem to find it in the passwd man page and I know this is
possible
> > (at least in HP-UX), but I've previously been able to set a one-time
> > password for new users (or if they'd forgotten their passwd) where upon
> > logging in, they'd be prompted to create a new password.
> >
> > That's kind of a thick sentence, but in other words, say user 'foo'
needed
> > to get her passwd reset. As the sys admin, I do a one-time passwd
change
> > for the 'foo' user to 'bar'. Upon logging back in and entering her new
> > 'bar' password, the 'foo' user is now prompted to change her password.
She
> > cannot go further until she enters a new valid password the system
likes.
> > Does this make sense?
> >
> > Anyway, I'd really appreciate any info on this because I know it's
possible
> > (at least in HP-UX so I'm presuming it's possible in linux), but for the
> > life of me, I can't find out how.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > -Charlie
>
> # chage -M 0 charlie
>
> Or, more verbose:
>
> # chage charlie
> Changing the aging information for charlie
> Enter the new value, or press return for the default
>
> Minimum Password Age [0]:
> Maximum Password Age [99999]: 0 <======<<<
> Last Password Change (YYYY-MM-DD) [2000-11-18]:
> Password Expiration Warning [7]:
> Password Inactive [-1]:
> Account Expiration Date (YYYY-MM-DD) [1969-12-31]:
> # ssh localhost -l charlie
> charlie@localhost's password:
> You are required to change your password immediately (password aged)
> Warning: Your password has expired, please change it now
> Changing password for charlie
> (current) UNIX password:
>
> HTH,
> Pierre
>
>
