On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 12:02 +0200, Johan Vermeulen wrote: > dear All, > > I'm trying to set Shadow options in Ldap with the help of > phpLDAPadmin. > > This is what I know : > > * Shadowmax : maximum nr of days a pw can be valid > * ShadowLastchange : contains the last change of the shadow file > * Shadowwarning : nr of days before expiration to warn user. > > What I'm trying to do is have the users 's passwork expire, that works > ok. > But how can I have them get a warning message? setting Shadowwarning > doesn't seem to be doing it. > > Do I have to set Shadowexpire as well for this? > > Also, how can I have users change the password at first logon? > > I cannot configure the LDAP files themselves, I only have access via > phpLDAPadmin. > > Thanks for any advise. --- phpldapadmin - you're wasting your time on this you need to implement ppolicy overlay (assuming you are using openldap) http://eatingsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/openldap-security.html Craig