[2087] in linux-net channel archive
Re: ncpfs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Reilly)
Thu Mar 14 14:39:05 1996
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 15:46:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: John Reilly <c3jreill@compapp.dcu.ie>
To: Thayne Harbaugh <thayne@lardav.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu,
linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu, arthur@sci.am
In-Reply-To: <9603140243.AA06567@pebbles.lardav.com>
On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Thayne Harbaugh wrote:
> Add the "+". I tried adding exactly what it said I didn't need to add but it
> still didn't work. I had to remove the "*" from the "+:*::::" (or whatever it
> was). The "*" tells the system that no one can use that login except root.
> Removing the "*" tells the system that the password is disabled for that login.
> I see saw this as a security problem if I removed the "*" so I tried to login
> as "+" - I wouldn't let me and said it was an invalid login. Apparently the
> system knows about "+" and only uses it to refer to the NIS server.
You cannot login without user & group ID's and a shell
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