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Re: alerting users of expiring passwords



also sprach Haim Ashkenazi <haim@babysnakes.org> [2003.10.15.0005 +0200]:
> I guess you can get it with 'cut' command. something like:
> TIME=`grep <username> /etc/shadow | cut -d":" -f 5`
> echo "your password will expire in $TIME days"

i'd have to delete (numDays(now() - 1970.01.01)) from it. while this
is a solution, there should really be a better one. thanks though!

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