How to change user password expiry date to never expiry in Linux ?
Today we will look at an interesting topic to know how to set user password to never expire in Linux.
1. Check current password expiry
[root@ngelinux etc]# chage -l saket Last password change : Aug 27, 2019 Password expires : Nov 25, 2019 Password inactive : never Account expires : never Minimum number of days between password change : 0 Maximum number of days between password change : 90 Number of days of warning before password expires : 7 [root@ngelinux etc]#
2. Set password expiry to never expire.
[root@ngelinux etc]# passwd -x -1 saket Adjusting aging data for user saket. passwd: Success You have new mail in /var/mail/root
3. Check never expiry password
[root@ngelinux etc]# chage -l saket Last password change : Aug 27, 2019 Password expires : never Password inactive : never Account expires : never Minimum number of days between password change : 0 Maximum number of days between password change : -1 Number of days of warning before password expires : 7 [root@ngelinux etc]#
4. Alternate way to set password expiry to never
# chage -M -1 saket