Re: Is there any way to disable password aging? IDS 7.3

Posted in 1998

WF Software — 7 Oct 1998 17:46:05 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <361AE4B6.3F720122@tt.com.au>, dferguson@tt.com.au (David Ferguson) wrote: > We are running Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC3 on various > Solaris 2.6 hosts. We have the problem that after a user has logged on, > his password can expire and he can no longer attach to the database. > This problem is much worse if the user schedules a critical job to run > in the > next day or two and his password expires before he logs in again. > > In our application, we use "EXEC SQL DATABASE $db_name;" to > connect the user to the server. > > This appears to be a new "feature" of IDS 7.3. > If you mean Unix password aging then this can be turned off globally in /etc/default/passwd by leaving MIN/MAXWEEKS blank. Paul Watson # I don't suffer from WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.co.uk