From owner-freebsd-hackers  Wed Mar 26 18:44:29 1997
Return-Path: <owner-hackers>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA26070
          for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:44:29 -0800 (PST)
Received: from narcissus.ml.org (root@brosenga.Pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA26056
          for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:44:22 -0800 (PST)
Received: from localhost (ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA03851; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:44:01 -0800 (PST)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:44:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
To: brianc@pobox.com
cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: non-passworded accounts
In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970326211300.brianc@netrover.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970326184315.3844A-100000@narcissus.ml.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Brian Campbell wrote:

> After installing 2.2.1, can anyone change an account which has a
> password so that it no longer does?
> 
> I've had no luck.  The obvious vipw and remove empty passwd method
> doesn't seem to work.

"Remove empty passwd"?  Are you deleting everything in the second field? 



 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems."