At our place of employment we have over 500 users and yes some do forget their passwords. I do/will not set passwords for them. I will set a temporary password and force them to change it on their next login. We are using SCO unix and it has a passwd parameter -f = force change at next login. Does anyone on this list know if there is a simular command under linux? Also our passwords are set to expire every 6 months which causes users to set a new password. Ken -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Shanahan <WideGlide@MyRealBox.com> To: SuSE <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 16:22:10 -0500 Subject: Re: [SLE] how to see passwords
- fsanta <fsanta@arrakis.es> [04-07-03 12:18]:
What I wanted to do was save time in reissuing passwords to those
students who
had lost or forgotten them. (see previous in thread where I had made a bad decision in NIS to allow them to change their passwords).
Assign their passwords yourself and direct them to use what you assigned. Gives you *complete* control and you do *not* have to try to break any more passwords. If I understand correctly your intent, this will/would solve your problems.
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