[SunHELP] SSH and expired passwords

[Dale Ghent]

On Feb 22, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Grindell, Joan M. wrote:

> If someone logons in via ssh and their regular password expires will 
> they be
> unable to login via SSH also if using only passphrases?

SSH keys are separate from the system password mechanism, so yes, pass 
phrases used with an account's SSH keys will continue to work even with 
the user's system password being expired.

/dale