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Date:      Wed, 26 Mar 1997 21:02:52 -0600 (CST)
From:      Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com>
To:        brianc@pobox.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: non-passworded accounts
Message-ID:  <199703270302.VAA05104@main.gbdata.com>
In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970326211300.brianc@netrover.com> from Brian Campbell at "Mar 26, 97 09:13:00 pm"

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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.
You want to put a '*' in place of the password.  

Gary

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