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
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).
