We can use passwd command to check the status of any user.
passwd --help
Usage: passwd [options] [LOGIN]
Options:
-a, --all report password status on all accounts
-d, --delete delete the password for the named account
-e, --expire force expire the password for the named account
-h, --help display this help message and exit
-k, --keep-tokens change password only if expired
-i, --inactive INACTIVE set password inactive after expiration
to INACTIVE
-l, --lock lock the password of the named account
-n, --mindays MIN_DAYS set minimum number of days before password
change to MIN_DAYS
-q, --quiet quiet mode
-r, --repository REPOSITORY change password in REPOSITORY repository
-R, --root CHROOT_DIR directory to chroot into
-S, --status report password status on the named account
-u, --unlock unlock the password of the named account
-w, --warndays WARN_DAYS set expiration warning days to WARN_DAYS
-x, --maxdays MAX_DAYS set maximum number of days before password
change to MAX_DAYS
Syntax:
passwd -S user_name
sudo passwd -S dev
dev NP 07/06/2017 0 99999 7 -1
Display account status information. The status information consists of 7 fields. The first field
is the user's login name. The second field indicates if the user account has a locked
password (L), has no password (NP), or has a usable password (P). The third field gives the
date of the last password change. The next four fields are the minimum age, maximum age,
warning period, and inactivity period for the password. These ages are expressed in days.
Example1:
sudo passwd -S dev |cut -d’ ‘ -f2
P
Where P is This account has a password.
Example2:
sudo passwd -S mysql |cut -d' ' -f2
L
Where L is This account is locked account
Example3:
sudo passwd -S dev | cut -d' ' -f2
NP
Where NP is This account has no password.
NOTE:
LK - password locked
NP - no password
PS - password set
