the original intention of upstream has been to prevent ssh access where the user has been locked.
Maybe a solution is to advance the patch to expire the account only if $USER != root That way the original intention is preserved without this somewhat regression. -- 'Account has expired' message when adding a new user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238755 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
