lchage
displays or changes user password expiration policy on systems using libuser
TLDR
Display password policy
$ sudo lchage --list [username]
Disable password expiration$ sudo lchage --date -1 [username]
Set minimum password age$ sudo lchage --mindays [days] [username]
Set maximum password age$ sudo lchage --maxdays [days] [username]
Set warning days before expiry$ sudo lchage --warndays [days] [username]
SYNOPSIS
lchage [options] username
DESCRIPTION
lchage displays or changes user password expiration policy on systems using libuser. It provides similar functionality to chage but uses the libuser library for user database access.
PARAMETERS
-l, --list
Display password aging information for the user-d, --date DAYS
Set last password change date (-1 to disable expiration)-m, --mindays DAYS
Minimum days between password changes-M, --maxdays DAYS
Maximum days before password change required-W, --warndays DAYS
Days to warn before password expires-I, --inactive DAYS
Days after expiry before account is disabled-E, --expiredate DATE
Set account expiration date
INSTALL
sudo apt install libuser
sudo dnf install libuser
sudo apk add libuser
sudo zypper install libuser
CAVEATS
Requires root privileges. Only available on systems with the libuser library installed (primarily Fedora/RHEL-based distributions). Some options may not be available depending on authentication backend configuration (e.g., LDAP).
