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Date:      Mon, 5 Feb 2001 22:06:04 +0200
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To:        Zhiui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: No-passwd account and reboot records
Message-ID:  <20010205220603.A353@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0102042105570.756-100000@opal>; from zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu on Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 09:18:23PM -0500
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.21.0102042105570.756-100000@opal>

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On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 09:18:23PM -0500, Zhiui Zhang wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to create a no-password account? Is it possible to record
> in a file the times of each reboots?  If so, how to do this?  Thanks.

What is it that you need no-password accounts for?  If it is for remotely
executed commands, consider SSH identity files - they're just as easy to
generate without a password, *but* they have the added benefit that a
empty-password identity may be restricted to only executing certain
commands, so it cannot be abused for break-ins or similar.

G'luck,
Peter

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