Re: null password

To: "Bob C. Ruddy" <ruddy@udlug.org>
Cc: Debian Users Mailing List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: null password
From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:33:53 -0400
Message-id: <[🔎] 19990927143353.I9915@lappy.djj.state.va.us>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.990927141038.1583O-100000@www.udlug.org>
References: <[🔎] 199909271741.NAA07890@mixing.qc.dfo.ca> <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.990927141038.1583O-100000@www.udlug.org>

On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 02:17:13PM -0400, Bob C. Ruddy wrote:
> I am setting up an old SparIPC to run debian linux. The main function of
> this machine to provide ppp login service. I have a user 'ppp' that I need
> to be able to login without a password. The authentication is then done
> with pap. The default shell for 'ppp' is then /usr/sbin/pppd.
> '/usr/sbin/pppd' is in /etc/shells. I can't seem to figure out how to let
> this user login without a password. Does anyone know how todo this? Thanks
> for your help.

If this is a potato system, it's a glitch in pam_unix.so (from
libpam-modules) that I intend to fix very soon.

Ben

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References:
- Re: Gnome
  - From: Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
- null password
  - From: "Bob C. Ruddy" <ruddy@udlug.org>

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