Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:19:59 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Bart Matthaei <bart@dreamflow.nl> Cc: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: login problem Message-ID: <3C7BFBFF.6398655F@centtech.com> References: <sc7c0551.022@cpl-emea-mail1.cpl.novell.com> <20020226220434.E62131@heresy.dreamflow.nl> <20020226221228.A10897@energyhq.homeip.net> <20020226221512.F62131@heresy.dreamflow.nl>
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Well, "technically" it HAS a password, it is just not possible to encrypt a password and have it end up "*". If it was, that would be REALLY scary. :) But, I'm no stickler, I knew what you meant either way. Eric Bart Matthaei wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 10:12:28PM +0100, Miguel Mendez wrote: > > Hello? password-less as in 'please hack me?' > > > > No, it's actually *disabled*. Check you /etc/master.passwd > > > > toor:*:0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root: > > Thats what I meant. > > "It hasn't got a password" isn't "It has an empty password". > > But sorry if it came out wrong. > > Anyway, "It hasn't got a password" , so you can't log in with it. > > Regards, > > Bart > > -- > Bart Matthaei bart@dreamflow.nl > > Kiss me twice. I'm schizophrenic. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology If at first you don't succeed, sky diving is probably not for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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