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Operating Systems Linux max password is blank Post 302245016 by otheus on Thursday 9th of October 2008 07:08:22 AM
Old 10-09-2008
This is a good question, because in fact, the pam_unix authentication module and corresponding helper program chkpwd are very unclear on how they handle things. If you do look at the pam_unix documentation (here, you'll find it has something like "broken_shadow", which allows the module to "succeed" if something in the shadow file is not right, such as an empty expiration time.

However, it seems like it worked even with "broken_shadow" disabled and an empty expiration time. The only way to know for sure is to look at the source code of the modules.
 

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PAM_LOGINUID(8) 						 Linux-PAM Manual						   PAM_LOGINUID(8)

NAME
pam_loginuid - Record user's login uid to the process attribute SYNOPSIS
pam_loginuid.so [require_auditd] DESCRIPTION
The pam_loginuid module sets the loginuid process attribute for the process that was authenticated. This is necessary for applications to be correctly audited. This PAM module should only be used for entry point applications like: login, sshd, gdm, vsftpd, crond and atd. There are probably other entry point applications besides these. You should not use it for applications like sudo or su as that defeats the purpose by changing the loginuid to the account they just switched to. OPTIONS
require_auditd This option, when given, will cause this module to query the audit daemon status and deny logins if it is not running. MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
Only the session module type is provided. RETURN VALUES
PAM_SESSION_ERR An error occurred during session management. EXAMPLES
#%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_unix.so auth required pam_nologin.so account required pam_unix.so password required pam_unix.so session required pam_unix.so session required pam_loginuid.so SEE ALSO
pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8), auditctl(8), auditd(8) AUTHOR
pam_loginuid was written by Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com> Linux-PAM Manual 04/01/2010 PAM_LOGINUID(8)
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