When was root password last changed??

[KPS]

Hi Trusted System Gurus....

Is there a way to find out when the root password was last changed?

I'm at a new company as a Unix Admin and they're running Trusted Systems here with password aging enabled. I don't have a whole lot of experience with this setup. If I go into SAM->Accounts for Users & Groups->Select Root User--> Modify Security Policies->
Password Aging Policies..

I don't see anything in here that tells me when root's password will expire. What's even worse is Password Expiration Warning Time is set to 0 so I guess I won't get any warning when it is about to? I'm trying to prevent root from being locked out here. Would anyone have any suggestions on what I could to for preventing root's password from expiring here?

Thanks very much,
-KPS

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

passwd -sa

Should show even when the root password was last changed and when it expired.

The passwd command has many useful reporting features in it that systems administrators should explore.

SEP

[KPS]

Thanks that's what I needed. I appreciate your help.

[Robert Bennett_3]

we use:

/usr/lbin/getprpw -m spwchg root

passwd -sa does not work on our 10.20 machines (yes - we still have a few of them around)

The format is not the same as the passwd -sa command so you have to convert month name to numbers (Feb = 02)- but it works.

Just another way to achieve the same thing -

B