Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 19:25:57 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com> Cc: brianc@pobox.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: non-passworded accounts Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970326192438.4258A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199703270302.VAA05104@main.gbdata.com>
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On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Gary Clark II wrote: > Brian Campbell wrote: > > After installing 2.2.1, can anyone change an account which has a > > password so that it no longer does? > > > > I've had no luck. The obvious vipw and remove empty passwd method > > doesn't seem to work. > You want to put a '*' in place of the password. Isn't that how you lock an account so that it isn't accessible at all? Hmm, I just realized the original question is ambiguous. Brian, are you trying to make a account inaccessible (i.e. no valid password at all) or open (no password required at all)? > Gary > > -- > Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company > gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team > Providing Internet and ISP startups - http://WWW.GBData.com for information > FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/FAQ.latin1 > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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