Re: Forcing password change for a user

[Richard Harran <95rmwh@eng.cam.ac.uk>]

How about using 'chage'.  I think you probably need to play with the -M
and -d switches.  BTW chage is in the passwd package.

HTH
Rich 

Arcady Genkin wrote:
> 
> George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com> writes:
> 
> Sorry to bug you again, but I am still looking for the password change
> solution...
> 
> The .bash_profile solution works, but then if the user changes his default
> shell from bash to smth else, I won't be able to force password change
> anymore... Is there any file that gets called every time a user logs
> in? Irrespective of which shell he is using? I could put there a call
> for such a script, which would check for existance of .newuser file
> etc...
> 
> Thanks!
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> Arcady Genkin
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