How to configure SFTP to prompt user to change password when user password is expired?

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Issue

  • In a SFTP only server, after manually expiring the password, trying to login to SFTP will immediately disconnect the user. As the users do not have a shell, they are not prompted to change password at SFTP prompt as opposed to SSH login.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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