chage -d 0 does not prompt for password change on first login
 

Hello All,

I know this post may be silly but I am unable to find any solution to my problems. I have created a new user janedoe using the useradd command. And after that I have used the chage command in this way

chage -d 0 janedoe

However, when I ssh to the box, and try to login as janedoe, it does not prompt me for password change. It just asks for the password that I never set and hence I am unable to login.

Any help will be appreciated. I apologize if this post is too silly.

Thanks a ton!
Cheers,
Swati

and what does

chage -l janedoe

tell her once she's logged in?

Ok, my silliness. What I had assumed is that after issuing the chage command, the user will be immediately prompted for a password change when he/she tries to log in. What I had not known is that the user must be "given" a password which he/she must know to login and as soon as the user is logged in, he/she can change it.

I am sorry for the confusion and thanks a lot.

Cheers,
Swati