Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 195

To change the password expiration policy for an existing user, proceed as follows:
1 Select the user from the list and click Edit.
2 Adjust the values in Password Settings.
3 Apply your settings with Accept.
You can limit the lifetime of any user account by specifying a date of expiration for
this particular account. Specify the Expiration Date in the YYYY-MM-DD format and
leave the user configuration. If no Expiration Date is given, the user account never
expires.
Changing the Default Settings for New Users
When creating new local users, several defaults settings are used by YaST. You can
change these default settings to meet your requirements:
1 Select Expert Options > Defaults for New Users.
2 Apply your changes to any or all of the following items:
• Default Group
• Secondary Groups
• Default Login Shell
• Path Prefix for Home Directory
• Skeleton for Home Directory
• Umask for Home Directory
• Default Expiration Date
• Days after Password Expiration Login is Usable
3 Apply your changes with Accept.
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