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chage is a tool and command used to change user password expiry information in Linux, BSD, Unix systems. With this command we can set password change time, lock status, activity or inactivity of the user account. Syntax We will use following syntax for chage command. chage [options] LOGIN Help $ chage -h Show Password And Related … Read more
I have a lot of users in my Linux servers. Security is important for me. I know that one of the important security measure is passwords. The length, complexity, change period etc. How can I force user to change password in first login? We will use change command to force user change password in the first … Read more
How can I disable some Linux account? By disabling it I do not want to remove the account and related files. Just user related operations will be prevented. If an user authentication occurs it will be not authenticated. We will use usermod command to lock user account. Disable/Lock User Account with usermod Command We will disable account … Read more