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Show the password status of all user accounts

harmless rootSecuritydebian, ubuntu
root@server
passwd -S -a

Prints one line per account with username, status and the date of the last password change. P means a password is set, L means locked and NP means the account has no password at all. Accounts with NP and a login shell are a serious risk.

Note: System accounts normally appear with L.

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