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Old 11-13-2007, 02:04 AM
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What file controls system wide password aging?
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Old 11-13-2007, 02:39 PM
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Default Re: Password aging

I guess that would depend on the operating system. In *nix systems it is /etc/passwd and if you have shadowing enabled, you can make the change in /etc/shadow

In windows I guess it can be modified somewhere in the user control panel.
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