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From: stew@hanauma.UUCP (Stewart Levin)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Convenient logins vs security
Message-ID: <107@hanauma.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 13-Sep-86 14:01:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: hanauma.107
Posted: Sat Sep 13 14:01:17 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 16-Sep-86 05:51:08 EDT
Organization: Stanford U. Geophysics
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I'd like to set up a convenient login account "lpq" so that users
standing next to our printer can run /usr/ucb/lpq by simply typing
"lpq" to the "Login:" prompt at any of the nearby terminals.  The
following /etc/passwd line does the trick:

	lpq::12:0:Ipq:/usr/spool/uucppublic:/usr/ucb/lpq

where I've placed a .hushlogin file in uucppublic to supress the
usual display of /etc/motd and other login notices.

My concern is whether this no-password account would permit outsiders
access to our system.  I'm not concerned here about inside hackers,
only about outside breakin.  We're running a 4.2BSD clone (Convex Unix 4.0).

Reply by e-mail is fine, even preferable, and you may mail to "root" if
desired.  Thanks for any info.

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