Michael C. Toren on Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:30:33 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] stuied newbie problem...


> Edit the file /etc/passwd, and delete what is between the 1st & second
> colons on the line starting with that username.  It should look something
> like this (for username "test"):

Or, just delete the crypted password from the /etc/shadow file.

But yes, you really, really don't want to do this, unless the program
you're going to execute as the user's shell is going to do some type of
password verification on it's own.

-mct