Re: How to let a user login locally with a weak password
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 10:08:41PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I'd like to setup an account that can use a weak password.
> To make up for it, the account should only be accessible locally, not
> over the network.
> It would be sufficient for it to be accessible only via GDM/XDM (since
> I don't need remote XDM/GDM logins).
I used to add an extra line to /etc/pam.d/gdm to allow a list of users
(using pam_listfile.so) to login before checking their passwords.
Assuming you don't use XDMCP, this only allows local logins.
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