How to check user is locked or unlocked by command

deepak_message · 09-13-2011, 04:29 AM

Hi,

I need to check that user is lock or unlock by the command.
please help.

jv2112 · 09-13-2011, 04:37 AM

Please clarify further.

deepak_message · 09-14-2011, 01:18 AM

I am using redhat6.0 , I have lock to some users byt he command (passwd -l <username> or usermod -L <username>), now need to know that how will identify which user has locked.

EricTRA · 09-14-2011, 01:33 AM

Hello,

You'll have to check if RHEL6 has this option (5.6 doesn't). You can use the following to find out the status of user accounts and passwords:

Code:

passwd -Sa

The output description from the man page (Debian):

Quote:

-S, --status
Display account status information. The status information consists of 7 fields. The first field is the user's login name. The second field indicates if
the user account has a locked password (L), has no password (NP), or has a usable password (P). The third field gives the date of the last password
change. The next four fields are the minimum age, maximum age, warning period, and inactivity period for the password. These ages are expressed in days.

In RHEL5.6 the -S option works but only with one user at a time, you'll have to check if you have the -a option available in RHEL6.0.

Kind regards,

Eric

zQUEz · 09-14-2011, 11:35 AM

the following works as noted:
For RHEL5

Code:

for i in `cat /etc/passwd |cut -d: -f1`; do passwd -S $i; done

For RHEL4

Code:

for i in `cat /etc/passwd |cut -d: -f1`; do echo "$i `passwd -S $i`"; done

aswani5858 · 11-12-2014, 12:17 PM

from man page:
-S This will output a short information about the status of the password for a given account. Available to root user only.

eg:
kruthiva PS 2014-11-05 7 90 10 14 (Password set, DES crypt.)

LK - password locked
NP - no password
PS - password set

TB0ne · 11-12-2014, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aswani5858

from man page:
-S This will output a short information about the status of the password for a given account. Available to root user only.

eg:
kruthiva PS 2014-11-05 7 90 10 14 (Password set, DES crypt.)

LK - password locked
NP - no password
PS - password set

Yes, the "-S" option was mentioned previously...and this thread had been closed for THREE YEARS....

aswani5858 · 11-16-2014, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TB0ne

Yes, the "-S" option was mentioned previously...and this thread had been closed for THREE YEARS....

Okay, sorry. Thanks.