OpenSSH authentication on AIX box that using NIS

[lambert lau]

Hi,

I get problem of OpenSSH v3.7.1p2 authentication only
on AIX that using NIS.  Following is the debug message
even before I enter my password:
  
Apr 22 11:18:54 db309a sshd[413700]: Connection from
172.16.59.210 port 44654
Apr 22 11:18:54 db309a sshd[413700]: User spowell
password expired too long
Apr 22 11:18:54 db309a sshd[413700]: Failed none for
illegal user spowell from 172.16.59.210 port 44654
ssh2 

The password expiry problem on AIX appears to be
related to sshd's method of checking password expiry
and other such details on AIX.

At the moment it appears to be just blindly checking
/etc/security/passwd for the user (regardless of
whether they're NIS or Local users) and will quitely
fail if the user is not there.

I validated this was the case by adding a nis user's
details with a recent 'lastupdate' value for the
password and verified that the user was able to login
successfully.

Is there anyone can advise a workaround on this?

Thanks


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