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diff --git a/man/man1/chage.1 b/man/man1/chage.1 deleted file mode 100644 index fe0eef3a..00000000 --- a/man/man1/chage.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,185 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Title: chage -.\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 05/25/2012 -.\" Manual: User Commands -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.1.5.1 -.\" Language: English -.\" -.TH "CHAGE" "1" "05/25/2012" "shadow\-utils 4\&.1\&.5\&.1" "User Commands" -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" * Define some portability stuff -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 -.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html -.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq -.el .ds Aq ' -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" * set default formatting -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" disable hyphenation -.nh -.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) -.ad l -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.SH "NAME" -chage \- change user password expiry information -.SH "SYNOPSIS" -.HP \w'\fBchage\fR\ 'u -\fBchage\fR [\fIoptions\fR] \fILOGIN\fR -.SH "DESCRIPTION" -.PP -The -\fBchage\fR -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\&. -.SH "OPTIONS" -.PP -The options which apply to the -\fBchage\fR -command are: -.PP -\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-lastday\fR \fILAST_DAY\fR -.RS 4 -Set the number of days since January 1st, 1970 when the password was last changed\&. The date may also be expressed in the format YYYY\-MM\-DD (or the format more commonly used in your area)\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-expiredate\fR \fIEXPIRE_DATE\fR -.RS 4 -Set the date or number of days since January 1, 1970 on which the user\*(Aqs account will no longer be accessible\&. The date may also be expressed in the format YYYY\-MM\-DD (or the format more commonly used in your area)\&. A user whose account is locked must contact the system administrator before being able to use the system again\&. -.sp -Passing the number -\fI\-1\fR -as the -\fIEXPIRE_DATE\fR -will remove an account expiration date\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR -.RS 4 -Display help message and exit\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-inactive\fR \fIINACTIVE\fR -.RS 4 -Set the number of days of inactivity after a password has expired before the account is locked\&. The -\fIINACTIVE\fR -option is the number of days of inactivity\&. A user whose account is locked must contact the system administrator before being able to use the system again\&. -.sp -Passing the number -\fI\-1\fR -as the -\fIINACTIVE\fR -will remove an account\*(Aqs inactivity\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR -.RS 4 -Show account aging information\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mindays\fR \fIMIN_DAYS\fR -.RS 4 -Set the minimum number of days between password changes to -\fIMIN_DAYS\fR\&. A value of zero for this field indicates that the user may change his/her password at any time\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-maxdays\fR \fIMAX_DAYS\fR -.RS 4 -Set the maximum number of days during which a password is valid\&. When -\fIMAX_DAYS\fR -plus -\fILAST_DAY\fR -is less than the current day, the user will be required to change his/her password before being able to use his/her account\&. This occurrence can be planned for in advance by use of the -\fB\-W\fR -option, which provides the user with advance warning\&. -.sp -Passing the number -\fI\-1\fR -as -\fIMAX_DAYS\fR -will remove checking a password\*(Aqs validity\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR \fICHROOT_DIR\fR -.RS 4 -Apply changes in the -\fICHROOT_DIR\fR -directory and use the configuration files from the -\fICHROOT_DIR\fR -directory\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-warndays\fR \fIWARN_DAYS\fR -.RS 4 -Set the number of days of warning before a password change is required\&. The -\fIWARN_DAYS\fR -option is the number of days prior to the password expiring that a user will be warned his/her password is about to expire\&. -.RE -.PP -If none of the options are selected, -\fBchage\fR -operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current values for all of the fields\&. Enter the new value to change the field, or leave the line blank to use the current value\&. The current value is displayed between a pair of -\fI[ ]\fR -marks\&. -.SH "NOTE" -.PP -The -\fBchage\fR -program requires a shadow password file to be available\&. -.PP -The -\fBchage\fR -command is restricted to the root user, except for the -\fB\-l\fR -option, which may be used by an unprivileged user to determine when his/her password or account is due to expire\&. -.SH "CONFIGURATION" -.PP -The following configuration variables in -/etc/login\&.defs -change the behavior of this tool: -.SH "FILES" -.PP -/etc/passwd -.RS 4 -User account information\&. -.RE -.PP -/etc/shadow -.RS 4 -Secure user account information\&. -.RE -.SH "EXIT VALUES" -.PP -The -\fBchage\fR -command exits with the following values: -.PP -\fI0\fR -.RS 4 -success -.RE -.PP -\fI1\fR -.RS 4 -permission denied -.RE -.PP -\fI2\fR -.RS 4 -invalid command syntax -.RE -.PP -\fI15\fR -.RS 4 -can\*(Aqt find the shadow password file -.RE -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.PP - -\fBpasswd\fR(5), -\fBshadow\fR(5)\&. |