password question.

[Rick Stevens]

Aldo Foot wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Steven W. Orr <steveo at syslang.net> wrote:
>> Under F9, I want to create an account such that the user will be required to
>> change the password on login, but I don't have control over how soon (or
>> late) the user will get to that first login. Is there a way to do it? The
>> passwd command didn't look like it had anything useful.
>>
>> TIA
>>
> 
> as root at the CLI:
>       # chage -d 01/01/1970 <someUser>
> The user will be prompted to change his password next login.

Yeah, that works too.  Rats!  Why couldn't I remember that one!  Yet
another senior moment at work!
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