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Other than the fact that your usermod command won't work? There is no -E option that can be used with usermod. The option to use is -e (not trying to be funny - just making the point that 99% of Linux is case sensitive).
Anyway, when you use the proper command and option, there is no difference:
1: Creating the bob account - checking the expiration date:
2: using chage -E and checking:
3: using usermod -e and checking:
Incidentally, these commands do the same thing as each other, too:
lock an account:
usermod -L <username> and passwd -l <username>
unlock an account:
usermod -U <username> and passwd -u <username>
(They kind-of do the same thing, but slightly differently - a distinction without a difference. usermod -L puts a single ! in front of the password hash in /etc/shadow [field #2] and passwd -l puts !! -- either way, the account is locked.)
Other than the fact that your usermod command won't work? There is no -E option that can be used with usermod. The option to use is -e (not trying to be funny - just making the point that 99% of Linux is case sensitive).
Anyway, when you use the proper command and option, there is no difference:
1: Creating the bob account - checking the expiration date:
2: using chage -E and checking:
3: using usermod -e and checking:
Incidentally, these commands do the same thing as each other, too:
lock an account:
usermod -L <username> and passwd -l <username>
unlock an account:
usermod -U <username> and passwd -u <username>
(They kind-of do the same thing, but slightly differently - a distinction without a difference. usermod -L puts a single ! in front of the password hash in /etc/shadow [field #2] and passwd -l puts !! -- either way, the account is locked.)
