Warning for expired password

[douglas.manton at uk.ibm.com]

Paul,

I have added a small routine to connect.c after line 645 (right after the
motd gets printed) to test for an expired password and to prompt for a new
one.  This is AIX code but I guess something similar must exist for other
systems:

                if (passwdexpired(pw->pw_name,line)==1) {
                        setpwdb(S_READ);
                        printf("3004-610 You are required to change your
password.\n");
                        printf("        Please choose a new one.\n\n");
                        strcpy(Password->upw_name,pw->pw_name);
                        .
                        .
                        .
                }

I have not made this available because it is a kludge to suit my
requirements.  I don't see why a simple three line password expiration
routing couldn't sit just here...?

Anyone see any problems with this?  Am I missing anything important?

Paul Faure wrote:
> Is it possible to get sshd to report the number of days till a password
> expires after a login ?
> If not, how else could I do it ?
> Thanks

Doug.
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