password expiry/changing

Dave Dykstra dwd at bell-labs.com
Wed Jul 11 06:14:51 EST 2001


On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 06:52:01PM +1000, Damien Miller wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Jon Nathan wrote:
> 
> > hi,
> >
> > does openssh have support for letting the user change his expired
> > password?  we are using password aging on solaris 6.  our current
> > build of openssh 2.5.2p2 asks for the password 3 times, then
> > disconnects the user without allowing him to log in or change it.  if
> > not, are there any workarounds (other than root resetting the user's
> > password manually).
> 
> There is code to change the password through PAM. You need to configure
> with --with-pam


Or see my patch against 2.9p2 and the current CVS in the thread starting
    http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=99289862107575&w=2

- Dave Dykstra



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