Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 09:48:16 -0500 (EST) From: Andre LeClaire <leclaire@venus.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: login with no password Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970331090707.172A-100000@lostfork> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970331010200.397L-100000@localhost>
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Doug, thanks for your help. I think login is broken in 2.2.1-RELEASE. I changed my tag from RELENG_2_2_1_RELEASE to RELENG_2_2, did another cvsup and make world (so now I'm running 2.2-STABLE) and the problem went away. Anybody installing 2.2.1 on a new system is going to have a problem logging in the first time, though, unless they've already set the password using sysinstall. Andre > On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Andre LeClaire wrote: > > > > > > > > I just upgraded to 2.2.1 via cvsup & make world. Now when I try to add a > > > > user with no password or remove a user's password field using vipw, a > > > > login by that user still requires a password. I know it's not a good idea > > > > to try to do this, but it was possible with 2.2.0 and below, so I'm > > > > wondering if this was an intentional change or what? > > > > > > Hm, working okay on my 2.2-gamma box. > > > > > > Try using adduser to create the account. > > > > > Thats what I'm using, adduser. It worked on 2.2.0, but not 2.2.1. > > Strange. Make sure you are saving the file before quitting; vipw should > then say it's rebuilding the password database. > > I know you can use adduser to do this; just hit return when prompted for > the password, adduser will want you to confirm to use no password for this > user. I just did it: > > gdi,ttyp2,/usr/local/etc,74>sudo adduser > Use option ``-verbose'' if you want see more warnings & questions > or try to repair bugs. > > Enter username [A-Za-z0-9_]: blah > Enter full name []: blah > Enter shell csh date no sh tcsh [csh]: > Uid [1004]: > Login group blah [blah]: > Login group is ``blah''. Invite blah into other groups: guest no > [no]: > Enter password []: > Use an empty password? (y/n) [y]: y > > Here's the version I'm on. > > gdi,ttyp2,/usr/local/etc,77>ident /usr/sbin/adduser > /usr/sbin/adduser: > $Id: adduser.perl,v 1.19.2.2 1996/12/23 02:09:37 mpp Exp $ > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > >
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