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You may want to use the force command to require all users who last changed their
passwords prior to a certain date to change their passwords the next time they log in. You can
do this by specifying a date in the command, as shown in the previous format description.
The force command recognizes dates in the same way the
list u console command does;
you can specify relative dates, absolute dates, and date ranges. This command applies only
to people who last changed their passwords within the date parameter you set.
If you specify a value for the date parameter, the force command works only on those users
who are among those you specify, and whose last password change falls within the criteria
set by the date parameter.
For instance, the following command affects only those members of the producers group
who last changed their password before July 5, 2009:
NRCS-A# force passchg\<05JUL2009 producers
To force all users to change their passwords, put a hyphen ( - ) in place of any user or group
names. This is especially useful in combination with a date parameter. For instance, to force
all users who last changed their passwords more than 90 days ago, become a superuser and
type the following:
NRCS-A# force passchg\<90. -
A message similar to the following appears:
Users who will be forced to make password changes on next login:
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erickson mccormack arlin
3 users qualified out of a domain of 62 users, and were updated.
Listing Users Who Do Not Have Passwords
To check for users who do not have a password from the console, type:
list password= u
n
Ensure that you include a space between the = and the u.