In this post, i will show on how to get more info about password aging. This steps has been tested on linux CentOS 5.8, however it may workings on other version of CentOS and Redhat Linux Enterprise.
To get more info about password aging for ehowstuff :
[root@centos58 ~]# chage -l ehowstuff
Examples :
[root@centos58 ~]# chage -l ehowstuff Last password change : May 24, 2012 Password expires : never Password inactive : never Account expires : never Minimum number of days between password change : 0 Maximum number of days between password change : 99999 Number of days of warning before password expires : 7
CHAGE(1) User Commands CHAGE(1)
NAME
chage - change user password expiry information
SYNOPSIS
chage [options] user
DESCRIPTION
The chage command changes the number of days between password changes and the date
of the last password change. This information is used by the system to determine
when a user must change his/her password.