Expiry (1) Linux Manual Page

expiry – check and enforce password expiration policy

Synopsis

The expiry command checks (-c) the current password expiration and forces (-f) changes when required. It is callable as a normal user command.

The options which apply to the expiry command are:

-c, –check

Check the password expiration of the current user.

-f, –force

Force a password change if the current user has an expired password.

-h, –help

Display help message and exit.

/etc/passwd

User account information.

/etc/shadow

Secure user account information.