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From: jackv@turnkey.gryphon.COM (Jack F. Vogel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO Unix 3.2 passwords
Keywords: password security
Message-ID: <6369@turnkey.gryphon.COM>
Date: 23 Sep 89 17:31:39 GMT
References: <803@medsys.UUCP> <190@ssc.UUCP>
Reply-To: jackv@turnkey.gryphon.COM
Organization: Turnkey Computer Consultants, Westchester, CA
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In article <190@ssc.UUCP> fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) writes:
>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.
 
>I haven't touched SCO Unix 3.2 but I don't see why this would
>be a problem.  Just vi /etc/shadow and do as you want.

It is almost this simple, but there is one further change that you must
make under 3.2 in order for it to work. I was really confused for a while
because I would make the shadow entry for nuucp's passwd empty and I
would still get a password prompt even though hitting return would be
sufficient. It turns out that there is a little file: /etc/default/login
which has a line that by default looks like: PASSREQ=YES; this is what
is forcing the prompt. Simply change that to NO and then unpassworded
logins work just fine.




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