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Sometimes on shared lab machines it may be desired to prevent users from changing passwords. To do so use: | Sometimes on shared lab machines it may be desired to prevent users from changing passwords. To do so use: | ||
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After this change user password once and the newly set password would be locked for given number of days. | After this change user password once and the newly set password would be locked for given number of days. | ||
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Home > CentOS > CentOS 6.x > Server administration tips and tricks > Restricting user from changing password
Sometimes on shared lab machines it may be desired to prevent users from changing passwords. To do so use:
chage -m 1000 <username>
This would prevent user from changing his/her password for next 1000 days.
After this change user password once and the newly set password would be locked for given number of days.
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