what effect would removing the * in the second column of /etc/passwd have
when /etc/shadow has correspondingly edited ?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dwivedi Ajay kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [LIH] Password
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Mukund wrote:
>
> > I hate username/password, So in earlier (rh4.2 to 6.0) installation I
used
> > to make the password entry blank in /etc/paswd like msd::
> > I applied same to 6.2 and my blank password was not recognized.
>
> you need to do that in /etc/shadow . Don't remove the * in the
> second field of /etc/passwd.
>
> > There after box was refusing any new users also.
> > It does not recognize any password change also.
> > Old username are still accepted with old passwd only.
>
> It simply means /etc/shadow still has the hash for the old passwd,
> which is obvious from the fact you changed in /etc/passwd and shadow
>
> > I have disabled md5, shadow etc.
>
> Oops!! (Whatever written above is waste :( But probably your
> disabling is not working.
> Try without disabling these. The above works on my system (checked just
> now)
>
> >
> > How can I revert back to plain passwd scheme (with blank passwd), No
worry
> > the box is as safe as Fort Knox :-))
> --
>
> #!!! If anything can go wrong, _FIX_ it. (To hell with MURPHY)
>
> Ajay kumar Dwivedi
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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