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 ### <ins>_Password policy default module's options_</ins>
 These are the password policy options that the openLDAP ppolicy.so module accepts by default; more complex ones can be created using .ldif files, as we did in this document, but in general these are more than sufficient.
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-`pwdAttribute` Specifies the attribute the policies who applies to. This is typically userPassword.
-`pwdMinAge` How many seconds must elapse between password changes. The default is 0, or the password can be changed at any time.
+`pwdAttribute` Specifies the attribute the policies who applies to. This is typically userPassword.\
+`pwdMinAge` How many seconds must pass between a password change. The default is 0, so the password can be changed at any time.\
+`pwdMaxAge` How long in seconds since the last password change a password is allowed; this is used for password expiration periods. The default is passwords never expire.\
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 ## _Show Organizational Units, users, and attributes_