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| author | Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@auryn.jones.dk> | 2006-09-01 01:05:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@auryn.jones.dk> | 2006-09-01 01:05:12 +0200 |
| commit | 9ade574afa759bd1e240dd9d12ba1e0713fc4a5b (patch) | |
| tree | 954565ce965a0590504b18f6668c433fef7da689 /doc | |
| parent | 4c1bfbe0da434d2ef6a42e11e71e17c51d4864d1 (diff) | |
Use new routines localresetpasswd and localresetpasswdexpiry
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/admin.md | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/admin.md b/doc/admin.md index 3229827..3c36ffa 100644 --- a/doc/admin.md +++ b/doc/admin.md @@ -68,22 +68,21 @@ FIXME: localmaildomainupdate should email diff file to postmaster@homebase.dk ## Extend password lifespan -When a user has changed password into something personal, the password lifespan is extended to 1 year: +If a user exceeds password lifespan, and still remembers the old password, the lifespan can be extended slightly to open a new window for changing it: - (user=<username>; chage -M360 -W30 $user) + localresetpasswdexpiry <username> - -TODO: The above command should ideally never ever be invoked manyally, but automatically through PAM +TODO: The above command should ideally emit an sms and/or email rewuesting the user to immediately change password ## Reset password 1. Reset the actual password using the following command: - (user=<username>; gpw 10 11 && finger $user && passwd $user && chage -M30 -W14 $user) + localresetpasswd <username> 2. Send a cellphone text message similar to the one for creating a new account. -TODO: Write a script to do the above + inject a self-chosen password + warn before resetting + spit out sms +TODO: The above command should ideally emit an sms and/or email rewuesting the user to immediately change password ## Warn about password expiry |