sshd keybased only, still wants shadow

From: aryzhov (aryzhov_at_my-deja.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: 12 Oct 2004 04:10:30 -0700

Hello All,

I am trying to run FSecure's sshd (ssh.com) with UID!=0,
using key-based auth only (no passwd based auth at all).
At debug level 3 I see that sshd still tries to read /etc/shadow,
and, obviously failing that, refuses to proceed, saying
"system policy denies login of user xyzxyz"

I have bybassed it now by hacking the source code, but would
rather use some smarter way in the future. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Andrei

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