Set password to expire immediately.

[joseph wholey]

RHEL AS3. Trying to add user where there password expires as soon as they log in (forcing them to change it... similar to the way it works in AIX). Can't seem to figure out how to do it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thx.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Use:

chage -d 0 username

[Sergejs Svitnevs]

chage -M 0

and the user will be prompted to come up with a new password at next login.

Regards

[joseph wholey]

When I do that, it prompts me for the new password, I enter it and I get the following message:

passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
Connection to rhel2312 closed.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set UsePrivilegeSeparation to "no". Restart/reload the service with service sshd reload.

[joseph wholey]

chage -d 0 does not work. I no longer get the error message, but when prompted to put in a new password, I put it in, hit enter and immediately get "bumped" off the server and the new password does not take.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Then you have a buggy version:

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-106.html

Update your package.

[Vipulinux]

Hi
What is ur version of lib-laus library?

Cheers

[joseph wholey]

I don't have a lib-laus library

[Sergejs Svitnevs]

Joseph

Try out:
chage -M 0

[joseph wholey]

Sergejs,

I tried that... it has 0 effect. I get the message:

cognos@rhel01233 password:
Warning: your password will expire in 0 days

However, I'm not forced to change the password. Hmmmmm!!!

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

I agree with Ivan - "chage -d 0 username" should be a answer to your question. If it doesn't work, something wrong with your installation. BTW, in your second questions we're speaking about the same linux box?

[joseph wholey]

Correct... I've brought to the attention of our engineering team... I think we may be back leveled on ssh. I'll report when I find out. thx for all the help.