On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 09:57:22PM +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote: > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I can't see how to prescribe periodic passwd change, > >only how to set expiry time. At the moment I put the following > >line in the root's crontab: > > > >2 2 2 * * pw usermod shterenl -p "`date '+\%d-\%m-\%Y'`" > > > >This makes a user's passwd expire once a month. > > > >Is there a better way to force users change their passwds periodically? > > You can set it in login.conf, when the password is updated the next > expire is automatically set.
I checked login.conf. It seems that passwordtime option has no effect. I did a brief search and found many postings describing the same problem: many options from login.conf have no effect. Perhaps these are the "RESERVED CAPABILITIES' as they are called in the man page. Some people list a patch that supposedly fixes the problem, but I'm not sure if it applies to 6.2-prerelease thatI'm running. thanks anton _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
