Q: 2.5.2p2, RSA auth and expired passwords

Nicolas Williams Nicolas.Williams at ubsw.com
Thu Sep 13 07:29:32 EST 2001


If you were using Kerberos V password validation, how could you check
if the user's password is expired without having access to the user's
password? If the user requires pre-authentication, then you can't.

Nico


On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:08:38PM -0700, John Hardin wrote:
> Quick question:
> 
> ssh client and server 2.5.2p2, RSA authentication. Should the user be
> prompted to change their password if it's expired?
> 
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