Force password change on account with nologin
bill brower
wbrower at gmail.com
Tue Nov 16 09:20:43 UTC 2004
I'm setting up a secure IMAP server with imaps.
I want to add a bunch of users with /sbin/nologin as their shell.
I want them to make their own passwords on first login.
After making an account for username: test
# chage -d 0 test
That forces the user to change the password on login, but since they
can not login, this happens during an ssh to machine:
$ ssh my-server -l test
test at my-server's password:
You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced)
Your password has expired, the session cannot proceed.
Connection to file-server closed.
$
So, is it possible to set up accounts with /sbin/nologin and force
them to change their passwords securely?
Maybe the whole idea is crazy?
Thanks,
Bill
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