From 33fa3ac547e5349ca34681cce6727b2f933dff0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darren Tucker Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:21:26 +1100 Subject: Improve AIX text. --- README.platform | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.platform') diff --git a/README.platform b/README.platform index 9210e07c..7b754ba4 100644 --- a/README.platform +++ b/README.platform @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ This file contains notes about OpenSSH on specific platforms. AIX ---- -As of OpenSSH 3.8p1, sshd will now honour an accounts password expiry -settings, where previously it did not. Because of this, it's possible for -sites that have used OpenSSH's sshd exclusively to have accounts which -have passwords expired longer than the inactive time (ie the "Weeks between -password EXPIRATION and LOCKOUT" setting in SMIT or the maxexpired -chuser attribute). + +Beginning with OpenSSH 3.8p1, sshd will honour an account's password +expiry settings, where prior to that it did not. Because of this, +it's possible for sites that have used OpenSSH's sshd exclusively to +have accounts which have passwords expired longer than the inactive time +(ie the "Weeks between password EXPIRATION and LOCKOUT" setting in SMIT +or the maxexpired chuser attribute). Accounts in this state must have their passwords reset manually by the administrator. As a precaution, it is recommended that the administrative passwords be reset before upgrading from OpenSSH <3.8. -As of OpenSSH 4.0, configure will attempt to detect if your version +As of OpenSSH 4.0p1, configure will attempt to detect if your version and maintenance level of AIX has a working getaddrinfo, and will use it if found. This will enable IPv6 support. If for some reason configure gets it wrong, or if you want to build binaries to work on earlier MLs -- cgit v1.2.1