Esix passwd expiration

[Adrian Miranda]

In article <tim.663855115 at holly> tim at delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) writes:
>In <1991Jan11.165609.8026 at nstar.rn.com> larry at nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>
>>protofan at motcid.UUCP (Mike S. Protofanousis) writes:
>
>>>How do I disable password expiration for Esix?
...
>they will be prompted for a new password. To disable ageing on a given account,
>use
>$ passwd -x -1 account
>(at least that's what the manual says if you believe it.)

To disable ageing on all accounts (under esix anyway), you can put 

MAXWEEKS=-1

in the file "/etc/default/passwd".  (Actually, old accounts will still
have ageing on til the passwd is changed again, or until ageing is turned
off on those accounts specifically.)

Adrian Miranda
uunet!clark!ade  or  ade at clark.edu