Thanks for your reply. But as a matter of fact I have Read a whole bunch of FM's, including "man usermod".
Unfortunately usermod does something completely different from what I want to implement: the only limit it can set on a password is an expiry date.
What I need is a password that can be used only for the _first_ ever login of a user. After logging in the user would be presented with a query for a new password, which is henceforth used in the normal way (the expiries and stuff for this are already in place and working).
I hope my question is clearer now :o)
Hi, okay, it seems as if I misunderstood. Well, the only way to do this that comes to my mind is to define the shell of this user to automatically run a script when he logs in. This script should ask for a new password, install this, and then change the shell back to the normal shell, so this script isn't started again at the next login. Maybe there is a different way, maybe even easier, but this is how I would try the trick... Hope that helps... --- -------------------------------------------- Stephan M. Ott // OKDesign oHG Internet-Providing und Netzwerkmanagement smo@okdesign.de ..... http://www.okdesign.de fon. +49 961 3814139 .. fax. +49 961 3814140 mobil 0171-8351130 ... oder ... 0171-7858064 --------------------------------------------