How to remove password expiry in linux

Know how to remove password expiry in a Linux system. This is helpful in setting app accounts that need non-expiry passwords to run.

Requirement :

To set never expire attribute on account password. Some applications/users are required to have the same password for a longer duration. This requires them to exit from the system-wide password expiry policy. So that those accounts can run a lifetime without the need of changing their passwords.

How to do it :

Check the account’s current policy.

Here the second line shows when the password is expiring post which user will be prompted to set a new password. Set password to never expire with below command

Verify changes in the account. Note here in output, Password expires field changed its value to never.