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imprise 05-18-2009 01:00 AM
/etc/shadow file
 
hi all;

Look at the following example:

admin:$2a$05$7FnQWSHB9fTeyBX4cQrrtekkNdzv3SHCkiOnbLm8twHRTHjlNddz6:14371:0:99999:7:::

As you know, this is "Last_Modified" option. Right? What does the number mean?

Thanks

Disillusionist 05-18-2009 01:20 AM
man shadow:
Quote:
days since Jan 1, 1970 that password was last changed

hw-tph 05-18-2009 01:21 AM
It's the number of days since January 1st 1970 that the password was changed.

And yes, I was beaten to the punch.

Disillusionist 05-18-2009 01:32 AM
It's not often that I win a typing race ;)

BTW: imprise

Today (18/May/2009) would be 14382 therefore 14371 would be 11 days ago: 7/May/2009

Disillusionist 05-18-2009 02:28 PM
To find out what the current date would be:

Code:
echo "$(date +%d/%b/%Y) = $(expr $(date +%s) / 60 / 60 / 24)"


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