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lchage

Display or change user password policy.

TLDR

Disable password expiration for the user

$ sudo lchage --date -1 [username]
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Display the password policy for the user
$ sudo lchage --list [username]
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Require password change for the user a certain number of days after the last password change
$ sudo lchage --maxdays [number_of_days] [username]
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Start warning the user a certain number of days before the password expires
$ sudo lchage --warndays [number_of_days] [username]
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