On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 17:44, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > Guys, > > I need to understand the options for useradd (as per below) > > My needs are this. I want to add a user, with a default password and > give then a grace period of say 7 days before they have to change their > password else their account is disabled. I don't care about maximum > days. (since they are syncing their passwords with the Windows Domain) > > So.. I take it I need > > useradd -m 7 username:$@#aAS1bf$wDRVc2d8UersMbJ90qKKb.:12584:7:99999::1:: will this do?? 7 = days grace period before password must be changed. 99999 = days is the validity after the user has changed their password 1 = days after the grace period when the account is disabled? > is enough for my needs? > > -m days > Specify the minimum number of days between which the user must change > passwords. If the value is 0, the password does not expire > > .-M days > Specify the maximum number of days for which the password is valid. When > the number of days specified by this option plus the number of days > specified with the -d option is less than the current day, the user must > change passwords before using the account.-d daysSpecify the number of > days since January 1, 1970 the password was changed. > > -I days > Specify the number of inactive days after the password expiration before > locking the account. If the value is 0, the account is not locked after > the password expires. > > > > > -- --
