Setting a user password not to expire

[Gerald Virden]

I know this is probably an obvious question but I can't find an answer.
I am setting up system password expiration. However, there are system accounts and a couple generic accounts that I don't want to expire. How would I use the passwd command to set these users not to expire?

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Gerald,

See "man passwd". I would think that "passwd -n 0 -x 0" would accomplish what you want.


Pete

[Steven E. Protter]

best bet is sam

Accounts and users users

modify the user

password aging

or

user='username"

MINDAYS=7
MAXDAYS=360

passwd -r file -n $MINDAYS -x $MAXDAYS $user

You can crank that date up to a very high number. Thats better than not expiring at all.

SEP

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

You would need to use


/usr/lbin/modprpw -l -m mintm=0,exptm=0,expwarn=0,lftm=0 login_id

Or use SAM.

-Sri