From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 28 13:57:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA06459 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 13:57:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA06453 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 13:57:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id NAA06785; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 13:57:11 -0800 (PST) To: brianc@pobox.com cc: fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: No password account on 2.2.1-RELEASE In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 28 Mar 1997 15:40:20 EST." Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 13:57:11 -0800 Message-ID: <6781.859586231@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Perhaps hosokawa and myself are the only two experiencing the problem, > but two points. Firstly, I don't think 2.2.1-RELEASE was out last week, > and secondly by "no-password account" I meant accounts for which you > won't even be prompted for a password. The problem is definitely there. I've changed the boot floppy so that for novice installation it *demands* that you set the root password, and it's this boot floppy that I'll put on the CDROM, but the Express/Custom installation modes still leave you room to exit the installation without setting the root password and hanging yourself. Yes, failing to set the root password will indeed leave you unable to log in. This was one last-minute intro into 2.1.1 which I very much regret. :( Jordan