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man/: wfix usermod inactive

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Dominika Borges 2025-03-23 19:54:31 +01:00 committed by Iker Pedrosa
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man/useradd.8.xml
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Defines the number of days after a password exceeds its maximum age
before the user account gets locked.
If the user does not change their password within this period of time,
their account gets disabled.
their account becomes inactive.
This value is stored in the shadow password file.
For more information, see <citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>shadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>

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man/usermod.8.xml
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</term>
<listitem>
<para>
defines the number of days after the password exceeded its maximum
age during which the user may still login by immediately replacing
the password. This grace period before the account becomes inactive
is stored in the shadow password file. An input of 0 will disable an
expired password with no delay. An input of -1 will blank the
respective field in the shadow password file. See <citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>shadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry> for more information.
Defines the number of days after a password exceeds its maximum age
during which the user can still log in by immediately changing their password.
If the user does not change their password within this period of time,
their account becomes inactive.
This value is stored in the shadow password file.
</para>
<para>
This option requires a <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> file.
A <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> entry will be created if
there were none.
A value of 0 disables the account when the password expires, with no delay.
</para>
<para>
A value of -1 empties the respective field in the shadow password file,
which means that the inactivity period is not enforced.
</para>
<para>
This option requires the <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> file.
If no entry exist in the <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> file,
the system will automatically create one.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>