RE: [LI] RH6.1 passwd - bug?

[Soumyanath Chatterjee <soumyac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sharad Joshi <sharadj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

>+ In my earlier version of Linux (RH5.2) I could have some guest account 
without
>+ any password. After I have upgraded to RH6.1 I am not able to log into 
those
>+ account. By giving null password.
>
>You can still do that. Delete the second entry in the passwd file,
>whatever it is (like "sSFvdGFd12ssd", or "x").  This will give a null
>passwd (not "enter").
This was what I had in Rh5.2; 2nd field deleted for some users so that when 
they log in there is no password prompt. Now in RH6.1 such thing do not allow 
me to log in.

>
>+
>+ My effort to change the password was unusccessful. In desperation I edited 
the
>+ /etd/passwd file and put some junk in the password field - now I can change
>+ the password.
>
>Great work :) I thought no mortal could compute the encryption string
>which goes in the passwd field. You did it, but missed that slightly :)
>

Thanks for UR comments but actually it is this version RH6.1 thinks any string 
as a valid password => no CRC check

>+
>+ Is it a bug or I have done some mistake?
>+
>
>The latter.
>

I hope so!!

>Sharad.
>~~~~~~~

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