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Re: passwd asked just one time



On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 07:21:53AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > > BTW, I would also like to be able to preseed passwords to be disabled. Any 
> > > opinions on that ?
> > 
> > Absolutely not, password-preseeding is absolutely vital to do the nice
> > network-console trick.
> 
> 
> Indeed, after thinking about Holger's suggestion, I think he suggests
> that some passwords (mostly the newly created user) could be set to
> "disabled" just like one can do with the "--disabled-password" switch
> of adduser. Holger, am I correct?

Well, since originally, there is a time period where there is *no* root
password, and everyone can login, i am not sure what this brings in term of
security.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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