How to Setup User Password Expiration in Linux

August 19, 2010 · Posted in Fedora, Linux, RedHat, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, centos · Comment 

By default, most Linux distributions do not enable password aging. This means passwords do not expire and is it possible for a user to have the same password indefinitely. This situation is not secure. For security reasons, it is advisable to require users to change their passwords periodically.

Password aging is a mechanism that allows the system to enforce a certain lifetime for passwords. The chage command is used to modify password aging.

# chage [options] username Read more

How to Add the RPMforge Repository in RHEL/CentOS 5

August 11, 2010 · Posted in Fedora, Linux, RedHat, centos · Comment 

RPMforge is a third party RPM repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS. here i going to show how to add the RPMforge repository in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS 5.

Install yum-priorities

yum install yum-priorities Read more

Linux – Use the Terminal to Display a Calendar

July 13, 2010 · Posted in Fedora, Linux, RedHat, Ubuntu, centos · Comment 

In Linux environment, we can view the calendar directly in the terminal. To do this, just simply use the “cal” command

cal command is used to display the calendar. Below are the syntax:-

cal [options] [month{1-12}] [year{1-9999}]  Read more

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