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Type the following at command prompt to see the details of the command for adding users:<br />
# man useradd<br />

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Type the following at command prompt to see the details of the command for adding users:
# man useradd


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that wasn't &quot;exactly&quot; helpfull.
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Hello,<br />
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You can set the password aging limits &nbsp;by editing /etc/login.defs<br />
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You can set the perons's expiry to the maximum with<br />
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# passwd -x &lt;username&gt;<br />
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Thanks<br />
Stephen
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Hello,

You can set the password aging limits  by editing /etc/login.defs

You can set the perons's expiry to the maximum with

# passwd -x <username>

Thanks
Stephen

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By default, <br />
useradd &lt;username&gt;<br />
passwdd &lt;username&gt;<br />
as root, the password of &lt;username&gt; won't expire unless you enforce on pam.d or /etc/login.defs.
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By default,
useradd <username>
passwdd <username>
as root, the password of <username> won't expire unless you enforce on pam.d or /etc/login.defs.

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I don't see anything relating to expiration in login.defs , I don't know anything about pam.d<br />
everytime I create a new user I have to fire-up X and uncheck enable password expiration.
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I don't see anything relating to expiration in login.defs , I don't know anything about pam.d
everytime I create a new user I have to fire-up X and uncheck enable password expiration.

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How would I create a user from the command line with a password that will never expire?
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How would I create a user from the command line with a password that will never expire?

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