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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers "trap" password expiration message Post 102493 by Perderabo on Saturday 18th of March 2006 02:37:35 PM
Old 03-18-2006
Don't try to "trap it". Just have the menu script calculate the password expiration date and issue its own warning if appropriate. Details will depend on the system, but probably will start with the output from "passwd -s".
 

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