Keep in mind that users who are already logged in when the various maximums or dates are reached are not affected by the above features. (See 'Password Privilege Expiration' for details.) Specify an absolute date after which a user's password cannot be used, thus denying the user the ability to log on to the system. (See 'Specifying Maximum Number of Inactive Days' for details.) If that number of days pass without the user logging in to the account, the user's password will be locked. Specify a maximum number of days that an account can be inactive. (See 'Establishing a Warning Period' for details.) Specify that a warning message be displayed whenever a user logs in a specified number of days before the user's password time limit is reached.

(See 'Setting Minimum Password Life' for details.) Specify a minimum number of days that a password has to be in existence before it can be changed. (See 'Setting a Password Age Limit' for details.) Specify a maximum number of days that a password can be used before it has to be changed.

(See 'Forcing Users to Change Passwords' for details.) Password aging is a mechanism you can use to force users to periodically change their passwords.įorce a user to choose a new password the next time the user logs in.

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