I can confirm that mine did work for user accounts at one earlier point in time. I remember it working. Now it's not, so i agree, it must have happened with an update. Hmm.....which package.....the hunt begins. j --- dany allard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John > > I reported the same problem on Tuesday March 6th. > I tested it on a couple of boxes. It seems to only affect user accounts. The root >account is > fine. > A fresh install of Mandrake 7.2 works fine, so the only thing I can think of is that >one of the > updates, > from mandrake update killed it. > > Mandrake, Can you confirm this? > > Anyone else? > > thanks > > Dany Allard > > John Wolford wrote: > > > Good LORD. I remember awhile back reading about someone complaining that their KDE >lockscreen > > password accepted a null password just as easily as the one it was SUPPOSED to be >accepting. > > "That's crazy," i thought, and i didn't see anything more of that thread. > > > > Well for some reason i remembered that just now and decided to try it on my box. >NOT ONLY DOES > THE > > NULL PASSWORD WORK BUT SO DOES ANYTHING ELSE. Am i totally missing the boat on >this one?? This > > MUST be a bug, and i've been avoiding upgrading my KDE until i resurrect my test >box (used for > > this very purpose). Is there a fix for 2.0.1? > > > > I _can't_ believe that i've been letting my box sit here vulnerable for this whole >time. > That's > > just pathetic. > > > > Thanks, > > j > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
