Linux User Management

By root, 9 December, 2011
USE THESE COMMANDS AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY DO, DO NOT USE THEM AND GO TO MAN PAGES! List/reset unsuccessful logins count: 
[root@linux ~]# pam_tally --user blah
User blah	(539)	has 20
[root@linux ~]# pam_tally --user blah --reset
User blah	(539)	had 20
[root@linux ~]# pam_tally --user blah
User blah	(539)	has 0
Enforce password change on first login: 
[root@linux ~]# chage -d 0 blah
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