Forcing users to change password.

2007-12-25 9:46:00

My Original Question:

I want all the users to be prompted for 'Choose a new password' the next time

they log in. Could any body please tell me that how I can do this under

solaris 2.5. I have defined the max password change limit in etc/default as 4

weeks but now I am looking for a way to force users to change there passwords

at the earliest possible, regardless the limit of 4 weeks.

I know I can do this from admintool for individual users but I am ooking for a

global command which affects all users.

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Thanks to all those who replied:(Forgive me, if I have missed your name)

Leif Ericksen <leif@imho.net>

Stephen P Richardson <spr@myxa.com>

The majority responded to use:

# passwd -f user_name

as a super user. I will write a small shell script using awk to execute this

command for each and every user in the passwd file.

Special Thanks to:

who also provided me with similar scripts.

I apologize for not consulting the man pages before posting to this list. But

the feeling of password/shadow file being stolen was so much shaking that I

really forgot to do that.

Best Regards

John Black

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