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[PLUG] Terminal/shell login with no password
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I need some SysAdmin advice...
I have a Red Hat box that I'm installing some software on and the users expect
to connect with no password. I'm okay with that since it's not on the
network and they are all hard-wired terminals. First I tried zeroing out the
password in the neat little gooey (GUI) tool but it won't let me save the
user that way. Failing that, I tried to replace the "x" in the password file
with nothing. No joy - the login fails without even asking for the password.
Does this mean that I have to tinker with PAM? Last time I tried that I
froze myself out of the damn box so bad I had to boot into single user mode
and un-do my mistake(s). Since then I've just left it alone :-)
Thanks,
Eric
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# Eric A Lucas
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# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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