Disable first time password change in AIX

Disable first time password change in AIX

How to disable first time password change in AIX?

Usually in AIX, if you change the password of a user, it will prompt the user to change his password when he login first time.

To disable this first time password change in AIX Server, Clear the ADMCHG flag of the user account.

To do this,

pwdadm -c  <USER_NAME>

Example:

#pwdadm –c testuser1