You don't state Operating System.
If you have the "logins" commands, the date of the last password change is available (albeit in MMYYDD format).
A script-readable format is:
Tip: Brand new accounts can look like dormant accounts until the first password expiry.
Sirs,
What is a shadow file,How it be usefull.For my project i have to keep the password in shawdow file also i am doing in php how can i do it.
Thanks in advance,
ArunKumar (3 Replies)
Hi guys,
I have a doubt on shadow file ... In the Unix servers in which I am working, I cud see that the shadow file has only one permission set .. tht is read permission for only root user ... (-r--------) ....
So my basic doubt here is that how this file is being written then ... only... (4 Replies)
Hey guys..
i need to be able to append 'LK' to a password field in the shadow file
I cannot use commands such as usermod chsh i need to directly be able to manupilate the files through a menu driven interface. So in other words write to the shadow file
How could i do this?
so far... (1 Reply)
I guess the earlier problem I had with changing user passwords and creating new users is related to the shadow file. Anytime I change something to /etc/passwd or shadow I get locked out.
HOW DO I REGENERATE THIS FILE. (1 Reply)
what does the last column in /etc/shadow file indicate??
i read man page,it tells its FLAG..but i am not able to understand exactly why its there :confused:
thanks in advance,
shekhar (4 Replies)
As a part of linux hardening
In shadow file all Application accounts which are not locked must contain only an asterisk “*” in the Passwd field.
But how would i do it by using command?
Is there any way other than modifying shadow file to accomplish this task? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: pinga123
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
logins
LOGINS(1) BSD General Commands Manual LOGINS(1)NAME
logins -- display account information
SYNOPSIS
logins [-admopstux] [-g groups] [-l logins]
DESCRIPTION
The logins utility displays information about user and system accounts.
The following options are available:
-a Display information about the password change and account expiration times for each account.
-d Select accounts with duplicate UIDs.
-g groups Select accounts that are members of the specified groups. If multiple group names are specified, they must be separated with com-
mas.
-l logins Select accounts matching the specified login names. If multiple names are specified, they must be separated with commas.
-m Show information about secondary groups.
-o Display the information for each account on a single line of colon-separated fields.
-p Select accounts with no password.
-s Select system accounts. These are currently defined as accounts with UIDs below 1000, plus the ``nobody'' account (UID 65534).
-t Sort selected accounts by name rather than by UID.
-u Select user accounts. These are currently defined as accounts with UIDs above 1000, except the ``nobody'' account (UID 65534).
-x Display information about each account's home directory and shell.
If multiple selection options are specified, all accounts matching any of the selection criteria will be displayed.
If no selection options are specified, all accounts will be displayed.
SEE ALSO getgrent(3), getpwent(3), group(5), passwd(5), pw(8)HISTORY
The logins utility appeared in FreeBSD 4.10.
AUTHORS
The logins utility was written by Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> based on similar utilities in other operating systems.
BSD March 6, 2004 BSD