chage Command Examples

Change user account and password expiry information. More information: https://manned.org/chage.

• List password information for the user:

chage --list {{username}}

• Enable password expiration in 10 days:

sudo chage --maxdays {{10}} {{username}}

• Disable password expiration:

sudo chage --maxdays {{-1}} {{username}}

• Set account expiration date:

sudo chage --expiredate {{YYYY-MM-DD}} {{username}}

• Force user to change password on next log in:

sudo chage --lastday {{0}} {{username}}