expiry

check and enforce password expiration policy

Synopsis

expiry option

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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 , shadow.