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# 1  
Old 04-20-2011
9th field in shadow file
Hi experts,

Can somebody explain, what is 9th field in /etc/shadow ? The last digit -

Quote:
kmprd:*LK*:14673::::::11
rvprod:*LK*:14749::::::9
ravsupp:$1$GLkhmwyB$gxN4kZnBQ0rXtiY3GOZJh1:15069:0:56:7:::1
otmprod:$1$HpyQjAim$YjaLCJtSueU5AIn2QR/W/.:14818:7:56:7:::2
# 2  
Old 04-21-2011
From man shadow:
Code:
username:password:lastchg:min:max:warn:inactive:expire:flag

# 3  
Old 04-21-2011
Thanks Brusell.
But do we know, why these flags are there in it ? I do not know, what is its significance and will it impact if I remove flag ?
Regards
# 4  
Old 04-21-2011
This flag purpose is explained in the manual page.
# 5  
Old 04-22-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by jlliagre
This flag purpose is explained in the manual page.
It's true, that explanation is not exactly clean....
Maybe easy explanation will be this (I suppose that it will be valid also for Sol 10).

Solaris 9 system administrator ... - Knihy Google


Anyway Solaris_1977 this question was already answered here, maybe try to search first.

https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-que...adow-file.html
# 6  
Old 04-22-2011
From Man Page for shadow (OpenSolaris Section 4) - The UNIX and Linux Forums
Code:
flag       Failed  login  count  in  low  order  four  bits; remainder
           reserved for future use, set to zero.

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