You are updating password-aging settings for the account qauser on a production server. The security policy says:
The user must begin receiving a warning message 6 days before the password actually expires.
After the password has expired, the account should remain usable for 2 more days so the user can log in and change the password; if the user still has not logged in by then, the account must be locked automatically.
Which single chage command meets both requirements while leaving all other password-aging parameters unchanged?
The command that meets the requirements is the one that uses -W 6 to set a six-day warning period before password expiration and -I 2 to set a two-day grace period of inactivity after the password has expired. Those two options together satisfy the policy without touching any other aging fields. Swapping the values puts the wrong numbers on the wrong options. Using -M assigns a maximum password age instead of a warning, and using -E sets an absolute account-expiration date rather than an inactivity grace period, so those alternatives do not meet the stated requirements.
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