Red Hat

Hi Experts,

i would like to know the description of the following:

Minimum: 0
Maximum: 90
Warning: 7
Inactive: -1
Last Change: Never
Password Expires: Never
Password Inactive: Never
Account Expires: Never


Does this means that my password will never expire or it will expire after 90 days.

What is the difference between maximum and password expire never.


thank for your reply

Where did you get the output from? Can you post chage -l userid output for the user account? If maximum age of a password is set to 90 days, then the password surely expires at the end of the 90th day. As simple as that.

Minimum=Set the minimum number of days between password changes. 0 means you can change your password any time.

Maximum= Number of days after which your password will expire and you will have to change it.

Warning= number of days before password expiration you will start getting warning.