locked account accessable via pubkey auth

Dost, Alexander Alexander.Dost at drkw.com
Wed Jan 30 20:04:42 EST 2002


If it is locked, the users is not allowed to change his own password. So he
can not unlock it. You get a permission denied when trying to do so.

Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dan Kaminsky [SMTP:dan at doxpara.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 30, 2002 09:48
> To:	Damien Miller; Frank Cusack
> Cc:	openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org; Dost, Alexander
> Subject:	Re: locked account accessable via pubkey auth
> 
> > I don't think it is a bug even. Having accounts with locked passwords,
> but
> > still accessible via pubkey auth is a very useful thing.
> 
> I agree, with one small caveat:  Can a user unlock his own password?
> 
> --Dan
> 



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