Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 15:07:32 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: "Jack L. Stone" <jack@sage-one.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System message - Passwordless account Message-ID: <20020421140732.GB6348@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020421072851.011f46c8@mail.sage-one.net> References: <3.0.5.32.20020421072851.011f46c8@mail.sage-one.net>
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On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 07:28:51AM -0500, Jack L. Stone wrote: > I'm running FBSD 4.5-release (was 4.5-stable). > > >From the system's daily security check on one of the machines, it reports > this error: > "Checking for passwordless accounts: > root::0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh" > > I suspect the above occurred when updating and I ran into the snag about > unknow user "smmsp" for the sendmail 8.12 thing. After placing the "new" > sendmail users in group and passwd, I ran pwd_mkdb master.passwd to update > the database. Apparently, I screwed up during the "mergemaster" stage (or > somewhere) because on reboot, my normal users were missing and root didn't > have a password (just hitting enter got in). BUT, I went into > /stand/sysinstall and reset the password, or so I thought.... at lease when > I login as root, it accepts the password... so, I'm puzzled about the > "passwordless account" message. > > Since the problem is with root, I'm concerned I may mess up further. What > should I do to correct this before things get screwed up more....??? Thanks. You can simply log in as root and type : passwd root to reset the password. Ceri -- get the cool shoe shine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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