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Re: 2 SUQ (stupid unix questions)



Miki Shapiro <aris@pharoe.com> writes:

> On 3 Apr 2001, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> 
> > >   If you just want an empty password you can use "passwd user" and simply
> > > press ENTER twice.
> > 
> > This does not work. At least not on my box. There is a lower limit on
> > the password's length.
> 
> It does work if you do it under root permissions even if you have minimum
> password length.

No, it does not. I tried it as root yesterday.

-- 
Oleg Goldshmidt | ogoldshmidt@NOSPAM.computer.org 
"I'd rather write programs to write programs than write programs."

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