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1 User list from GNU/Linux shadow file.
2
3 --- MORE INFO ---
4
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6 SHADOW DATABASE -
7 -----------------
8 There were some questions about some shadow file internals, so
9 here something about it (or try `man shadow'):
10 Shadow file records looks like:
11 name:password:change_last:change_may:change_must:change_warn:inactive_max:expire_date
12
13 name - name
14 password - password
15 change_last - time user last changed his/her password
16 change_may - minimum time before user can change his/her password
17 change_must - maximum time user doesn't need to change the password
18 if he will not change it. It might get locked or account
19 can get in to the inactivation stage.
20 change_warn - time before user password expiration, the system will
21 warn the user to change his/her password
22 inactive_max - maximum time, account can stay inactive, after user has not
23 changed his/her password, before it gets locked.
24 If 0 or not set, account gets never locked.
25 expire_date - date account will be locked (ie. commercial accounts)
26
27
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29 * All times are in the form of the days since the Epoch (little info:
30 no warning software takes care about the leap years !!!
31 This can be a problem in some hundreds of year when leap years day
32 problem will be significantly visible :)))
33
34 I call this `LINUX SHADOW LEAP YEARS BUG' (SLYB), be AWARE !!! :)