bin/71147: sshd(8) will allow to log into a locked account

[Maxim Konovalov]

The following reply was made to PR bin/71147; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim at macomnet.ru>
To: Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/71147: sshd(8) will allow to log into a locked account
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 11:14:13 +0400 (MSD)

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 > >  >  On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 04:52:54PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
 > >  >  Y> 	In FreeBSD (and other BSDs,) the well-known way to lock out
 > >  >  Y> 	a user's account is setting the user's encrypted password to
 > >  >  Y> 	an asterisk character, `*', in master.passwd.  Arguably, one
 > >  >  Y> 	can also lock out a user by just _prefixing_ the password field
 > >  >  Y> 	value with `*'.  Anyway, sshd(8) will ignore either lock
 > >  >  Y> 	and allow the user to log in if he authenticates himself by
 > >  >  Y> 	means other than the Unix password, e.g., using his public key.
 > >  >
 > >  >  This is not a bug, it's a feature! Any ssh (not only Open) has the
 > >  >  same behavior on any unix operating system.
 > >
 > >  sshd works as expected (does not allow to login to a system) on
 > >  solaris 8.
 >
 > Solaris has two strings for locked out accounts:
 >
 > 	*LK* which indicates that an account is locked
 > 	*NP* which indicates that an account has no password and that
 > 	     only other authentication mechanisms should succeed
 >
 > Which one works?
 
 Both work as described.
 
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 Maxim Konovalov