[plug] No passwd for user

Craig Ringer craig at postnewspapers.com.au
Fri Aug 2 12:40:24 WST 2002


> I need a 
> simple user without a password. Is this possible?

Yes. If you absolutely must do it. I'm sure /usr/bin/passwd has some 
facility to do it but you can also "vi /etc/shadow" and simply delete 
the password, leaving :: (ie zero characters in the password field) instead.

Don't do it unless you absolutely have to, mind you.

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