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maobin 02-24-2011 09:27 PM
Account expires
 
Hi,
I would like to know what does the Account Expires when I run chage -l means? and what value I can set to it?

I cant find anything on it in man.

frankbell 02-24-2011 10:06 PM
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?chage+1

chage -l means "list account expiration information." The -l switch does not change anything; it merely displays information.

When I do chage -l [my user name] on this computer, I get

Code:
Last password change                                        : [date]
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

User can use chage -l to see how long his account is valid. Only root can use the other chage switches.

maobin 02-24-2011 11:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by frankbell (Post 4270426)
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?chage+1

chage -l means "list account expiration information." The -l switch does not change anything; it merely displays information.

When I do chage -l [my user name] on this computer, I get

Code:
Last password change                                        : [date]
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

User can use chage -l to see how long his account is valid. Only root can use the other chage switches.
what i wanna know is what does "Account expires" means. Is it the date the account expires?

sag47 02-25-2011 08:23 AM
It can either be the date the account expires or the number of days until it expires.

Expires meaning the user will no longer be able to log into the machine.


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