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From: walter@mecky.UUCP (Walter Mecky)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: No Passwd in SCO-UNIX (was: nuucp: No Passwd for nuucp)
Message-ID: <800@mecky.UUCP>
Date: 5 Nov 90 23:44:04 GMT
References: <1990Oct22.211639.14436@mccc.uucp> <1990Oct25.162158.4398@druid.uucp> <1990Oct27.081021.12021@pegasus.com> <89@comix.UUCP>
Reply-To: walter@mecky.UUCP (Walter Mecky)
Organization: MIKROS Systemware, Buettelborn/W-Germany
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In article <89@comix.UUCP> jeffl@comix.UUCP (Jeff Liebermann) writes:
< In SCO 3.2.2 with
< 	C2 security (allegedly) turned off (relaxed)
< 	/etc/default/login  includes  PASSREQ=NO
< the  passwd -d   command correctly deletes the requirement for
< having a password.  However, as soon as the user (or nuucp)
< logs in immediatly thereafter, login complains that they don't
< have a password and demands one.  So much for that idea.  At
< best, I was able to get the password set to a <cr>.

I have the SLS unx167 from SCO installed and now I can really delete
the password. No complains from login, no requirement for any password.
-- 
Walter Mecky	[ walter@mecky.uucp	or  ...uunet!unido!mecky!walter ]