From the course: Linux CentOS 7: User and Group Management
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Manage user passwords - Linux Tutorial
From the course: Linux CentOS 7: User and Group Management
Manage user passwords
- [Narrator] The main tool for managing passwords and links is the password command. If we type in password, without any arguments it asks us twice for a new password and then changes it in Etsy shadow. However, an administrator can use a tool to lock and unlock passwords, as well as set some account aging information. Let's cover some of the password commands most common options. Dash d deletes a users password. This is basically the state of a newly created user, without a password. Dash e expires a password. A user with an expired password will need to reset it at the next login. Dash l locks the password. Note that it only locks the password. So if a user had valid SSH keys, they could login anyway. Dash u unlocks an account password. And lastly, dash capital s outputs the password status. In a terminal, let's create a username Brian and give him a password. Type in sudo space useradd space brian and hit enter. And then give him as password by typing in sudo space passwd space…
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