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How Do I Set the Password Validity Period?

Updated on 2022-09-15 GMT+08:00

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If you cannot log in to a BMS due to password expiry, contact the operation administrator.

If you can log in to the BMS, perform the following operations to set the password validity period:

Log in to the BMS OS and run the following command to query the password validity period:
vi /etc/login.defs

The value of parameter PASS_MAX_DAYS indicates the password validity period.
Run the following command to change the value of parameter PASS_MAX_DAYS in 1:
chage -M 99999 user_name

99999 is the validity period of the password, and user_name is a system user.

You are advised to set the password validity period as needed and change it on a regular basis.
Run vi /etc/login.defs to verify that the configuration has taken effect.
Figure 1 Configuration verification

Parent topic: OS FAQ

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