Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 01:53:54 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: hirsh@skypoint.com (Roger P Johnson) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su and not prompt for password? howto in 2.2.2 Message-ID: <199706262353.BAA03950@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <m0whL0I-0000VIC@mirage.skypoint.com> from Roger P Johnson at "Jun 26, 97 03:18:53 pm"
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> > Ok. This should be easy. > > In 2.1.5 I have myself a member of group wheel, thus when I do: > $ su > # > > I get the root prompt without the passwd. Probably, because your root did not have a password, i. e. an empty password. > > In 2.2.2 I have myself a member of group wheel, and now when I do: > $ su > Password: > > > How do I stop the prompting of the password?? Put an empty password for root in /etc/passwd. But this might be a mistake for other reasons. See man 5 passwd and vipw(8) for a way to change the password file. Wolfgang
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