linux admin 1 chapter 6 lab start users-review

[cxiong1990]

I cant seem to pass this part on the lab. any help would be greatly appreciated.

[cxiong1990]

to verify the account expiration for the users I entered chage -l consultant1,2,3 still failed this part again.

[shashi01]

Run:

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chage -E 2025-12-25 consultant1

chage -E 2025-12-25 consultant2

chage -E 2025-12-25 consultant3

Verify

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chage -l consultant1 | grep "Account expires"

You should now see the correct expiration date, and the lab will pass when re-graded

[cxiong1990]

I'll try it out.

[shashi01]

@cxiong1990 

Perfect, let me know how it goes

[shashi01 · Accepted solution]

@cxiong1990 

I checked your commands and found the problem. You correctly calculated the date 90 days ahead (2025-12-25), but when setting the account expiration with chage -E, you mistakenly used an old date (2022-06-08). That caused the grader to mark the account expiration as failed because the accounts were already expired

[cxiong1990]

man thanks for the reply. appreacitate the help.

[dnaspliceoflife]

Yep.

A common error my students make.

They just type the commands as written in the lab without thinking too deeply about the task (especially around date and time related tasks). 

I always have to remind them that these labs were not written today but the task then need to perform is done today.

There is a reason there was a previous step that had you determine the current date + 90 days.   

[Chetan_Tiwary_]

@dnaspliceoflife yes you are right, many learners skip this step or tend to ignore this step where in you need to determine current date + 90 days ! 

Sharp observatio !!

[shashi01]

You're welcome.