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EXPIRY

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 05/17/2017
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NAME

expiry - check and enforce password expiration policy  

SYNOPSIS

expiry option
 

DESCRIPTION

The expiry command checks (-c) the current password expiration and forces (-f) changes when required. It is callable as a normal user command.  

OPTIONS

The options which apply to the expiry command are:

-c, --check

Check the password expiration of the current user.

-f, --force

Force a password change if the current user has an expired password.

-h, --help

Display help message and exit.
 

FILES

/etc/passwd

User account information.

/etc/shadow

Secure user account information.
 

SEE ALSO

passwd(5), shadow(5).

 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
FILES
SEE ALSO