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Expiring passwords

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You can force a change of password, and warn about the upcoming change, by adding 

:passwordtime=90d:\
:warnpassword=5d:\

to your login.conf file in /etc.

  • dont forget to run cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf

You may also be interested in this article: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Security/epasswd/article.html and this section of the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=login.conf&sektion=5

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