Re: Expired passwords and Display Managers

From: Tom Allison (tallison_at_tacocat.net)
Date: 11/30/04

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    Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:15:46 -0500
To: Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@yahoo.com>

    Thomas Adam wrote:
    > --- Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net> wrote:
    >
    >>I consider this to be a very bad thing.
    >
    >
    > Why? This is exactly as it should be. It's a PAM issue which is only
    > affected when one logs in via login(1). DMs have no concept of this.
    >
    >
    >>Alternative Display Managers (not KDM or GDM please, I use neither)?
    >
    >
    > login into the (gasp!) console, and use 'startx'.
    >
    > -- Thomas Adam
    >

    I can't (gasp!) have everyone doing that, they'll insist on using
    Windows (bigger gasp!). 

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