chage
TLDR
List password information for user
$ chage -l username
Set password to expire in 10 days$ sudo chage -M 10 username
Disable password expiration$ sudo chage -M -1 username
Set account expiration date$ sudo chage -E 2025-12-31 username
Force user to change password on next login$ sudo chage -d 0 username
Re-enable an expired account$ sudo chage -E -1 username
SYNOPSIS
chage [options] LOGIN
DESCRIPTION
chage changes user password expiry information. It modifies the number of days between password changes and the date of the last password change. This information is used by the system to determine when a user must change their password.
PARAMETERS
-d, --lastday LAST_DAY
Set the date of last password change (YYYY-MM-DD or days since epoch)-E, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE
Set account expiration date; use -1 to remove expiration-i, --iso8601
Output dates in ISO 8601 format-I, --inactive DAYS
Days of inactivity after password expiration before account lockout-l, --list
Display account aging information-m, --mindays MIN_DAYS
Minimum days between password changes-M, --maxdays MAX_DAYS
Maximum days before password change required-W, --warndays WARN_DAYS
Days before expiration to warn user
CAVEATS
Root privileges are required except when using -l to list your own information. Setting -d 0 forces an immediate password change on next login.
HISTORY
chage is part of the shadow-utils package. It manages password aging as defined in the /etc/shadow file.
