RE: /etc/default/passwd and SSH

From: David Foster (foster@dim.ucsd.edu)
Date: 01/29/02


Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:40:13 -0800 (PST)
From: David Foster <foster@dim.ucsd.edu>
To: VIvanov@tee.toshiba.de


> >
> > I noticed that SSH inherently does not give the warnings (WARNWEEKS)
> > when the password expiration is coming up and I was wondering
> > if someone
> > has gotten this to work, or am I going to have to wait for Sun's
> > approved OpenSSH package in future Solaris releases to see
> > this feature?
>
> As far as I know, these warnings are issued by login, so
> if you use UseLogin settings for sshd, this will solve this (and a few others)
> problem.

Note that using UseLogin is a security issue, it is recommended
to keep it off (which is why this is the default).

Dave Foster

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