Saturday, November 6, 2010

To turn off password aging

To turn off password aging

(Server:/)# for i in server1 server2 server3 server4 server5
> do
> ssh $i "passwd -x -1 schweitzer"
> done

passwd: password information changed for schweitzer
passwd: password information changed for schweitzer
passwd: password information changed for schweitzer
passwd: password information changed for schweitzer
passwd: password information changed for schweitzer

Extracted from man page of passwd:

     -x max              Sets maximum field  for  name.  The  max
                         field  contains  the number of days that
                         the password  is  valid  for  name.  The
                         aging for name is turned off immediately
                         if max is set to -1.

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