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Max Password Age should support a value of negative one to set "Password never expires" on Linux #465

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bschonec opened this issue Oct 16, 2023 · 1 comment
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Max Password Age should support a value of negative one to set "Password never expires" on Linux #465

bschonec opened this issue Oct 16, 2023 · 1 comment
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bschonec commented Oct 16, 2023 •
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Use Case

'change -M -1 ' sets the password to never expire on Linux

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Currently, the $password_max_age doesn't allow a value of negative one on any platform. On Linux at least, setting the 'chage -M' parameter to negative zero will disable password expiry.

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Resolved by #466

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