I'll top post too seeing as it's the default for thunderbird too (yes, you can change it).
I have dates going back to "Thu May 15 18:18:19 +0100 2008" and I haven't played with the defaults. You can specify the number of days using the '-b' switch, but of course if a user has never logged in this will always be shown. C Paxton, Darren wrote: > Sorry for top-posting - using crappy outlook > > > Colin > > It does help, thanks, but isn't the default for lastlog only back to about 30 > days or so? I'm guessing I'd have to modify this across all the systems to > hold more than this. I think this will be required anyway no matter what I > choose, though. > > Thanks > > Darren > > > > > Paxton, Darren wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Having one of those moments where no matter where I'm searching, can't seem >> to find what I'm actually looking for. >> >> Wondering how any of you are currently handling user account expiry if an >> account lies idle for a defined amount of time. >> >> I've seen perl scripts listed in some places, but I'm trying to see if I can >> use whatever native tools are already in place to identify when the user >> last logged in (this is on RHEL systems) and then work out if this is >> greater than the threshold of 90 days. >> >> At this point, we're not actually going to disable those accounts, just >> looking for a way to identify them so that systems can be flagged as >> requiring attention. (hopefully this will all help contribute to the >> argument for a centralised authentication mechanism). >> >> Systems are all RHEL so any advice anyone's got on this platform would be >> greatly appreciated. > > `lastlog` will probably be your first port of call: > > # lastlog > Username Port From Latest > root tty1 Sat Feb 28 14:01:43 +0000 2009 > bin **Never logged in** > daemon **Never logged in** > adm **Never logged in** > lp **Never logged in** > sync **Never logged in** > shutdown **Never logged in** > > ~snip~ > > You can also specify a range of UID's > # lastlog -u 1000-2000 > > This might be more useful for parsing - you might not want to disable > some accounts. > >> Password expiry is also being enabled therefore was wondering if this could >> be centred around that as a way of doing the calculation. >> >> Thanks >> >> Darren > > > HTH > > -Colin > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > > This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged.If > you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, you > should destroy the email message and any attachments or copies, and you are > prohibited from retaining, distributing, disclosing or using any information > contained herein. Please inform us of the erroneous delivery by return > e-mail. Thank you for your co-operation. > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
