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# 1  
Old 10-11-2005
password aging
hi experts

this is regarding password aging

i tried searching forum but i cudnt locate

given a login id,
i would like to determine whether password ageing has been enabled for that
and
for the login id whether password has been expired on a particular point of time

Thanks
# 2  
Old 10-11-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by teletype_error
hi experts

this is regarding password aging

i tried searching forum but i cudnt locate

given a login id,
i would like to determine whether password ageing has been enabled for that
and
for the login id whether password has been expired on a particular point of time

Thanks
Depending on the OS you are using, chage will work.
ex:
# chage -l theusername
# 3  
Old 10-11-2005
am using

SOlaris 5.7

hope there isnt any command - chage

any other options???
# 4  
Old 10-11-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by teletype_error
am using

SOlaris 5.7

hope there isnt any command - chage

any other options???
Ahh.

Try admintool.
# 5  
Old 10-11-2005
Try:
passwd -s -a
 
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