Re: minimum number of days between password change

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 11/01/2010 11:28 AM, Lukas Baxa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I created an account guest to test password aging.
> The aging info of this account is following:
>
> > chage -l guest
> Last password change                                    : Nov 01, 2010
> Password expires                                        : Jan 30, 2011
> Password inactive                                       : never
> Account expires                                         : never
> Minimum number of days between password change          : 76
> Maximum number of days between password change          : 90
> Number of days of warning before password expires       : 14
>
> However, I'm able to change my password when logged in as guest
> as many times I want the same day, even if minimum number of days
> between password change is set to a non-zero value.

If someone learns my password on day 2, they have full access to my 
account for 74 days, or I must beg for SysAdmin help?

"Minimum number of days" isn't a very bright idea.

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