Sorry for taking so long to summarize, just back from Christmas vacation.
My original post to the list said:
> Running SunOS 4.1.2 on a 670MP, NOT running C2 security, nothing
> out of the ordinary.
>
> When we set up user accounts, we routinely execute a "passwd -x 180"
> against that new user's account. However, when the user goes, say,
> 190 days without changing his password, he is never prompted by the
> system to enter a new one. I created an account called dummy and did
> a "passwd -x 0 dummy", which I think should immediately expire the
> password and require a new one upon login. It does not.
Several of those responding said that password aging/expiration and
NIS do not coexist peacefully together. We don't use NIS here.
Several others said quite emphatically that SunOS does NOT do password
aging, despite what the manual says (at least prior to V5.0). This I
can believe, based on my own frustrating experience.
Thanks to all who responded (listed below).
miker@il.us.swissbank.com
andrewm@syd.csa.com.au
Peter.Samuel@nms.otc.com.au
pallas@oclc.org
perryh@pluto.rain.com
cross@engfs.med.ge.com
checkedg@eee.bham.ac.uk
bern@kleopatra.Uni-Trier.DE
cciolori@tatca.tc.faa.gov
dbarron@csci0.uark.edu
MCCALLD@sonoma.edu
feldt@phyast.nhn.uoknor.edu
seanw@amgen.com
brian@arthur.melpar.esys.com
Larry_Chin@cchtor.cch.com
bwalker@hns.com
sunmgr@siltrain.demon.co.uk
John T. Wilson
USAF Air Warfare Center
Eglin AFB, Florida
wilsonj@awcdb1.eglin.af.mil
DSN 872-8988
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