Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dino!sharkey!indetech!fiver!palowoda
From: palowoda@fiver.UUCP (Bob Palowoda)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO Unix 3.2 passwords
Message-ID: <656@fiver.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 89 05:37:15 GMT
References: <1989Sep21.151325.8827@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Organization: Fiver Communications  Fremont, Ca
Lines: 17

From article <1989Sep21.151325.8827@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, by karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger):
> In article <803@medsys.UUCP> root@medsys.UUCP (Super user) writes:
>>Has anyone been able to make an account on Unix 3.2 with NO password?
>>This is desirable for anonymous BBS login.
> 
  Try 'passwd -d login_name'
---Bob

P.S. An annoying feature of unix 3.2 is password ageing. I don't know
     if its the same on the C2 version of SCO's unix but to turn it off:
     'passwd -x -1 login_name'
 
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