Commands using chage (5)
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This command is a bit Linux specific, as --stdin doesn't exist for passwd on many Unix machines. Further, useradd is high level in most distributions and Unix derivatives except for the Debian family of distros, where adduser would be more appropriate. The last bit, with chage, will force the user to change their password on new login.
6for name in larry moe schemp; do useradd $name; echo 'password' | passwd --stdin $name; chage -d 0 $name; done -
Show account security settings Show Sample Output
3chage -l <user> -
Command that clears the expiration restrictions of a user's password Show Sample Output
2chage -E -1 -m 0 -M -1 -W -1 user01 -
This command is Linux compatible. It will prompt the user for a new password at next logon
0chage -d 0 -m 0 -M 60 [user] -
Disable password expiration and clear password history for VMware vcenter appliance
0chage -M -1 root; echo "" > /etc/security/opasswd
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