Re: How do I allow empty passwords?

[rjs@isil.lloke.dna.fi (Riku Saikkonen)]

Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net> writes:
>I later tried to change it to be empty, like this:
>
>        # passwd
>        Enter new UNIX password:                (here I just hit the Enter key)
>        Retype new UNIX password:               (again, I just hit Enter)
>        No password supplied

"passwd -d guest" seems to remove the password for the user "guest" on
my potato system, so "passwd -d" might work for you. The -d option
doesn't seem to be documented, though... I think I'll report that as a
bug.

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