From 5ea1f6a819ffe96937fe357f223e1fa2bcb3178f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Place <mp@saltstack.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:46:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Set last-changed field in /etc/shadow on passwd change

---
 salt/modules/shadow.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/salt/modules/shadow.py b/salt/modules/shadow.py
index 44c94f7a8e..3a52c63784 100644
--- a/salt/modules/shadow.py
+++ b/salt/modules/shadow.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Manage the shadow file
 
 # Import python libs
 import os
+import datetime
 try:
     import spwd
 except ImportError:
@@ -166,7 +167,9 @@ def set_password(name, password, use_usermod=False):
                 if comps[0] != name:
                     lines.append(line)
                     continue
+                changed_date = datetime.datetime.today() - datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)
                 comps[1] = password
+                comps[2] = str(changed_date.days)
                 line = ':'.join(comps)
                 lines.append('{0}\n'.format(line))
         with salt.utils.fopen(s_file, 'w+') as fp_: