Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:05:35 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does toor have passwd or not? According to logins -p: yes Message-ID: <4B3B885F.50808@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091230080857.L54092@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <20091230123341.GC36440@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4B3B53B5.7040601@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20091230080857.L54092@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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Lars Eighner wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>> If there's nothing in the second field, then you have a problem, as th=
at
>> means the account has a NULL password (ie. just hit return when promp=
ted
>> for a password --
> I've been wrong before, but I think you do not get a password prompt at=
=20
> all,
> at least not on login. You enter the login: name and you are off to mo=
td
> and a command prompt.
It depends on what application you're using to authenticate yourself.
Login on the console doesn't ask for a password. sshd(8) does (IIRC).
I can't remember what su(1) does. ftpd(8) always asks for a password.
xdm(1) and that ilk have fields for username and password in one panel,
and generally you just ignore the password field. That's for access to
a non-root account: as I said, root or other super-user accounts such as
toor may not permit root login at all, or may not permit login without a
password.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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