Expired password handling in openssh-2.5.1p1/2

[Damien Miller]

On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Dan Kaminsky wrote:

> > Are there plans, or does someone have a fix, for having openssh force
> > users to change passwords when they're expired?
> >
> > Right now the program closes the connection....the commercial ssh
> > manages to exec /bin/passwd after they enter their current password.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Hmm, does PAM send back a special message when the password needs to
> be changed?
>
> I could envision changing the user shell to /bin/passwd if PAM
> complains...

It works for PAM now, but not for non-PAM.

-d

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