Re: password expiration (fwd)

His Royal Majesty (root@jeffnet.org)
Tue, 7 Nov 1995 16:19:39 -0800

On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Brian 'MegaZone' Bikowicz wrote:

> #VALUE Server-Config Password-Expiration 30
> #VALUE Server-Config Password-Warning 5
>
> Password-Warning is the number of days before it expires that the user
> will get a warning that it is going to happen. If they change the password,
> it is ok. If not, and it expires, when then login they get rejected and
> I believe they get a message to the effect that their password has expired.
>
So, if I am understanding this properly, if thier password is in the
"users" file or in the /etc/passwd file (and I dont give them access to
passwd) they cant change it and I could use this for account expiration.
Or am I missing something??

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