On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Scott Robbins <scottro at nyc.rr.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 09:42:59PM +0530, Manish Kathuria wrote: >> Is there any command / option available on CentOS to expire a user's >> password immediately ? I remember using "passwd -e" on some other >> distribution but the -e option does not seem to be present on CentOS >> 5.x. > If you want to make them change their password right now > > chage -d 0 username > > Which gives a message > > > Password: > You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced) > Changing password for test2 > (current) UNIX password: > > > -- > Scott Robbins Thanks, this is precisely what I was looking for. Thank you Eero too. -- Manish