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Modifying User Traits from the Console
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For instance, suppose that you have been unable to convince Mitchell and Schofield to
change their passwords. As a last resort, to require that they do so the next time they log in,
log on as a superuser and type what appears in bold:
NRCS-A# force mitchell schofield
A message similar to the following appears:
Users who will be forced to make password changes on next login:
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mitchell schofield
2 users qualified out of a domain of 2 users, and were updated.
The force command tells you who is going to be required to change their passwords. The
example above reports that it will make both Mitchell and Schofield change their passwords.
If you find that a user does not have a password, use the force command to require the user
to select a password the next time he or she logs in.
The following example uses the force console command to make Weisman select a new
password at the next login. To do this, type what appears in bold:
NRCS-A# force weisman
A screen similar to the following appears:
Users who will be forced to make password changes on next login:
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weisman
1 users qualified out of a domain of 1 users, and were updated.
You can use the force console command to require that anyone who has not changed
passwords since a certain date or within a certain date range do so. You can also use this
command to force a particular group of users or all your users to change their passwords.
To do this, use the force console command with the following format:
force [-q] [passchg<date or date range>] <user or group names>
Normally, the force command tells you which users must change their passwords the next
time they log in. If you would rather not see this display, suppress it with the
-q option.