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Temporary User Setup with Expiry Date

As part of the temporary assignment to the Nautilus project, a developer named yousuf requires access for a limited duration. To ensure smooth access management, a temporary user account with an expiry date is needed. Here’s what you need to do:

Create a user named yousuf on App Server 1 in Stratos Datacenter. Set the expiry date to 2024-01-28, ensuring the user is created in lowercase as per standard protocol.

Steps

Follow the Day 01 to connect server and run the following command:
```
 sudo useradd -m -e 2024-01-28 yousuf
```
Verify
```
 cat /etc/passwd
 sudo su yousuf
```

Good to Know?

User Account Expiry

Purpose: Automatically disable accounts after specified date
Format: YYYY-MM-DD (ISO 8601 standard)
Check Expiry: chage -l username shows account aging info
Extend Expiry: sudo chage -E 2024-12-31 username

Temporary Account Management

Best Practice: Always set expiry for temporary accounts
Monitoring: Use chage -l to track account status
Cleanup: Expired accounts remain but cannot login
Removal: Use userdel -r username to completely remove

chage: Modify user password expiry information
usermod -e: Modify existing user’s expiry date
passwd -S: Check password status

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