Re: PASSWD.EXE and Re: Possible to login as different user?

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

Following Corinna's instructions below provides the answer you're looking
for but if you prefer it spelled out, put the password between the colons
after "www" in your example.

Larry Hall                              [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX



At 10:47 AM 8/7/2001, Ñãzã®78 wrote:
>Sorry if I'm novice but where do I actually insert the password in the eg.
>below? Which colons do I place them?
>
>www::500:544::/home/www:/bin/bash
>
>Thank you.
>
>Regards,
>Ñãzã®78 @ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Corinna Vinschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:21 PM
>Subject: Re: PASSWD.EXE and Re: Possible to login as different user?
>
>
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:40:24AM -0700, Flynn, Connor J wrote:
> > > Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > > Use /bin/crypt to create DES encrypted passwords and copy them into
> > > > your /etc/passwd for telnet or ftp.
> > >
> > > How exactly does one copy the encrypted passwords into /etc/passwd and
> > > get telnet/ftp/login to read them?  I tried several approaches:
> >
> > $ mkpasswd > /etc/passwd
> > crypt MySecretPassword
> > OISOq3HWAKtZs
> > $ vi /etc/passwd
> > f:aOISOq3HWAKtZs <ESC> ZZ
> >
> > Corinna
> >
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