Displaying Password Information in Solaris OS

This tutorial focuses on using the passwd command to display password information in Solaris OS about all users or about one particular user.

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Displaying Password Information

To display password information for your user type below command:

passwd -s

To display password information for all users in the current domain type below command:

passwd -s -a

To display password information for a particular user type below command:

passwd -s <username>

-LK denotes that the user account is LOCKED

Follow this guide to Unlock User account in Solaris OS.

Only the entries and columns for which you have read permission will be displayed. Entries are displayed in the following format:

Field	Description
username	The user’s login name.
status	The user’s password status. PS indicates the account has a password. LK indicates the password is locked. NP indicates the account has no password.
mm/dd/yy	The date, based on Greenwich mean time, that the user’s password was last changed.
min	The minimum number of days since the last change that must pass before the password can be changed again.
max	The maximum number of days the password can be used without having to change it.
warn	The number of days’ notice that users are given before their passwords have to be changed.
expire	A date on which users loose the ability to log in to their accounts.
inactive	A limit on the number of days that an account can go without being logged in to. Once that limit is passed without a log in users can no longer access their accounts.