Chapter 3 Flashcards
When does martha’s password expire?
around April 1, 2011
How often can martha change her password?
every three days
How long is martha’s grace period, between when her password expires, and when it is inactive?
five days
How long does martha have from when she receives Warnings until the password is actually Inactive?
12 days
Which users are allowed to change another user’s password by naming the other user as an argument to the passwd command?
only the superuser
Why would you use the Shadow Password option?
/etc/shadow can only be read by root
How are lines in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow related?
lines about the same user begin with the same username in the first field
When does Account Expiration (not password expiration) occur?
on the date specified with chage -E
