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)
"Dennis Martens" <MARTENSD@health.qld.gov.au>
john.coleman@yale.edu
Jonathan.Loh@BankAmerica.com
jafar@elmer.jdcny.com (Jafar Shameem
Rajeev Kumar <rxk@fluent.com
Leif Ericksen <leif@imho.net>
Tim Pointing <tim@dciem.dnd.ca>
Stephen P Richardson <spr@myxa.com>
Sean Quaint <squaint@provide.net>
Ilhan Narli <ilhan@apollo.nepean.uws.edu.au>
mwang@tech.cicg.ml.com (Michael Wang
Jon LaBadie <jon@jgcomp.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:
Amjad Zamil <amjadz@sts.com.jo>
N Chandrasekhar <nchandra@wipinfo.soft.net
Sweth Chandramouli <sweth@astaroth.nit.gwu.edu>
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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