password expiration /etc/shadow
Hi All,
I have this user on my /etc/shadow: mysql:$1$vmw4r078$4.lp6z2s0KJYHKXTuPG2x0:13556:0::12::: The 5th column is blank. Does it mean the user has no password expiration. Thanks in advance for any idea you will give. |
does passwd -S mysql show anything different in that field ?
Odd that it would be empty. 99999 is the normal entry for a password that doesn't expire. http://tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-...e-formats.html |
An empty field giving a undefined value to expiration date could be interpreted as non-expiring, but it is certainly not the standard way to do this.
Then again, if mysql is set in /etc/passwd to have no login shell, and is anyway not supposed to be used for logging in, then the expiration date might be irrelevant anyway. Linux Archive |
do this
can you please produce the output of passwd -S mysql ... just like the gentleman said above and we'll proceed from there.
Btw do you use mySQL on this box? or is this just a curiousity? |
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