Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 09:06:05 +0200 From: "P. van Leeuwen" <pvl@nanoteq.com> To: "'Wolfgang Helbig'" <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>, Roger P Johnson <hirsh@skypoint.com> Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: su and not prompt for password? howto in 2.2.2 Message-ID: <01BC82D9.76ADB160@PC-PVL>
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-----Original Message----- From: Wolfgang Helbig [SMTP:helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De] Sent: Friday, June 27, 1997 1:54 To: Roger P Johnson Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su and not prompt for password? howto in 2.2.2 >> >> 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 2.2 doesn't allow empty passwords AFAIK. I tried it, and couldn't log in, as I was still prompted for a password. pierre P. van Leeuwen Electronic Engineer pvl@nanoteq.com http://www.nanoteq.co.za
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