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MINWEEKS /MAXWEEKS 1

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bcme10

bcme10

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Jun 21, 2002
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Does anyone know where the MINWEEKS and MAXWEEKS is set if I set it for one particular user? I know I can set it for all in the /etc/default/passwd but I have some application logins that can't have passwords that expire.

Just curious.

Thanks.
 
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These settings are only defaults for newly created accounts. This doesn't affect existing accounts. The settings for an individual user are in their entry in [tt]/etc/shadow[/tt].

To explicitly turn password aging off for a specific user, use the following...
Code: 
    passwd -x -1 someuser
Hope this helps.

 
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