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sumtux
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Joined: 07 Feb 2006
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:22 pm Post subject: Password Expiry / Notification

Hi,
Lets say a user's password is to be changed in 2 days, and -W option is set to, say 7, in chage .

Code:

chage -E<date> -W7 <user name>

But the user does not log off for a week. In this case, the user is not warned about the impending password expiry. How do I ensure that the user is aware of the expiry in spite of his session being continuously active ?

Also, inspite of setting -W option in chage, I could not see any warning message when I tried to log on. Is there something else I must do so that the warning message is seen ?

brims
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Joined: 19 Apr 2004
Posts: 492
Location: Arizona

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:44 pm Post subject:

Check out

Code:

man write

It will allow you to send the user a message, I believe.
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