110 lines
4.8 KiB
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110 lines
4.8 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright 1990 - 1994 Julianne Frances Haugh
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" $Id: chage.1,v 1.7 2000/10/16 21:34:40 kloczek Exp $
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.\"
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.TH CHAGE 1
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.SH NAME
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chage \- change user password expiry information
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.TP 6
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\fBchage\fR
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[\fB-m \fImindays\fR] [\fB-M \fImaxdays\fR]
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[\fB-d \fIlastday\fR] [\fB-I \fIinactive\fR]
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.br
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[\fB-E \fIexpiredate\fR] [\fB-W \fIwarndays\fR] \fIuser\fR
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.TP 6
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\fBchage\fR
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\fB-l\fR \fIuser\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBchage\fR changes the number of days between password changes and the
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date of the last password change.
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This information is used by the system to determine when a user must
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change her password.
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The \fBchage\fR command is restricted to the root user, except for the
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\fB-l\fR option, which may be used by an unprivileged user to determine
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when her password or account is due to expire.
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.PP
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With the \fB-m\fR option, the value of \fImindays\fR is the minimum number
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of days between password changes.
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A value of zero for this field indicates that the user may change
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her password at any time.
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.PP
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With the \fB-M\fR option, the value of \fImaxdays\fR is the maximum number
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of days during which a password is valid.
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When \fImaxdays\fR plus \fIlastday\fR is less than the current day,
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the user will be required to change her password before being
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able to use her account.
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This occurance can be planned for in advance by use of the \fB-W\fR option,
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which provides the user with advance warning.
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.PP
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With the \fB-d\fR option, the value of \fIlastday\fR is the number of days
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since January 1st, 1970 when the password was last changed.
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The date may also be expressed in the format YYYY-MM-DD (or the format more
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commonly used in your area).
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.PP
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The \fB-E\fR option is used to set a date on which the user's account will
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no longer be accessible.
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The \fIexpiredate\fR option is the number of days since January 1, 1970 on
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which the accounted is locked.
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The date may also be expressed in the format YYYY-MM-DD (or the format more
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commonly used in your area).
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A user whose account is locked must contact the system administrator before
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being able to use the system again.
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.PP
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The \fB-I\fR option is used to set the number of days of inactivity after
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a password has expired before the account is locked.
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A user whose account is locked must contact the system administrator before
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being able to use the system again.
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The \fIinactive\fR option is the number of days of inactivity. A value of
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0 disables this feature.
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.PP
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The \fB-W\fR option is used to set the number of days of warning before a
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password change is required.
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The \fIwarndays\fR option is the number of days prior to the password
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expiring that a user will be warned her password is about to expire.
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.PP
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All of the above values are stored exactly as days when the shadow
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password file is used, but are converted to and from weeks when the
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standard password file is used.
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Because of this conversion, rounding errors may result.
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.PP
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If none of the options are selected, \fBchage\fR operates in an interactive
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fashion, prompting the user with the current values for all of the fields.
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Enter the new value to change the field, or leave the line blank to use
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the current value.
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The current value is displayed between a pair of \fB[ ]\fR marks.
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.SH FILES
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/etc/passwd \- user account information
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.br
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/etc/shadow \- shadow user account information
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR passwd (5),
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.BR shadow (5)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)
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