chage

  • disable password aging for an user account
# chage -m 0 -M 99999 -I -1 -E -1 dhinesh

# chage --list dhinesh
Last password change                                    : Apr 23, 2009
Password expires                                        : never
Password inactive                                       : never
Account expires                                         : never
Minimum number of days between password change          : 0
Maximum number of days between password change          : 99999
Number of days of warning before password expires       : 7

useradd and groupadd

# groupadd -g 1000 GROUPNAME
# useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 -d /home/USERNAME USERNAME