Account expires

maobin · 02-24-2011, 09:27 PM

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

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.