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Re: change in login program?? in redhat 4.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael K. Johnson)
Mon Oct 21 18:21:07 1996
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From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 21 Oct 1996 17:09:30 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 17:31:07 -0400
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Garrett P Nievin writes:
>Another oddness in the Colgate: if you login or su to a user without a
>password, it will still ask for one (despite what the man page says). It
>will completely ignore any entered password, though.
There are still arguments on whether or not that is a bug; some think
that it is a security feature... I'm still not sure.
We have posted to this list a way to make it so that users aren't asked
for passwords at all.
michaelkjohnson
"Ever wonder why the SAME PEOPLE make up ALL the conspiracy theories?"
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