Change password max age parameter lower bounds #466
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Summary
Allow disabling of password expiration by changing lower bounds of password_max_age parameter to negative one.
Additional Context
On Linux, the password age check can be disabled by setting the parameter to negative one via:
chage -M -1 <user>