lchage Command Examples

Display or change user password policy. More information: https://manned.org/lchage.

• Disable password expiration for the user:

sudo lchage --date -1 {{username}}

• Display the password policy for the user:

sudo lchage --list {{username}}

• Require password change for the user a certain number of days after the last password change:

sudo lchage --maxdays {{number_of_days}} {{username}}

• Start warning the user a certain number of days before the password expires:

sudo lchage --warndays {{number_of_days}} {{username}}