/etc/shadow file

imprise · 05-18-2009, 01:00 AM

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)"