chage

Change user account and password expiry information. More information: <https://manned.org/chage>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/chage.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install passwd
Ubuntu
apt-get install passwd
Alpine
apk add shadow
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S shadow
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install passwd
Fedora
dnf install shadow-utils-2
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install passwd
Raspbian
apt-get install passwd
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/chage
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/chage chage powered by Commando

Change user account and password expiry information. More information: <https://manned.org/chage>.

  • List password information for the user:
    chage --list username
  • Enable password expiration in 10 days:
    sudo chage --maxdays 10 username
  • Disable password expiration:
    sudo chage --maxdays -1 username
  • Set account expiration date:
    sudo chage --expiredate YYYY-MM-DD username
  • Force user to change password on next log in:
    sudo chage --lastday 0 username

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