Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:19:52 -0800 From: Jason <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com>, 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: <20091230171951.GC41366@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <4B3B885F.50808@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20091230123341.GC36440@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4B3B53B5.7040601@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20091230080857.L54092@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <4B3B885F.50808@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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The handbook has documentation on this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/security.html#TOOR-ACCOUNT -jgh On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 05:05:35PM +0000, Matthew Seaman thus spake: >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 that >>> means the account has a NULL password (ie. just hit return when prompted >>> for a password -- > >> I've been wrong before, but I think you do not get a password prompt at >> all, >> at least not on login. You enter the login: name and you are off to motd >> 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 > >-- >Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 >PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW >
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