SCO Unix 3.2 passwords

[Jack F. Vogel]

In article <190 at ssc.UUCP> fyl at ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) writes:
>In article <803 at medsys.UUCP>, root at medsys.UUCP (Super user) writes:
>> Has anyone been able to make an account on Unix 3.2 with NO password?
>> This is desirable for anonymous BBS login.
 
>I haven't touched SCO Unix 3.2 but I don't see why this would
>be a problem.  Just vi /etc/shadow and do as you want.

It is almost this simple, but there is one further change that you must
make under 3.2 in order for it to work. I was really confused for a while
because I would make the shadow entry for nuucp's passwd empty and I
would still get a password prompt even though hitting return would be
sufficient. It turns out that there is a little file: /etc/default/login
which has a line that by default looks like: PASSREQ=YES; this is what
is forcing the prompt. Simply change that to NO and then unpassworded
logins work just fine.




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