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Re: 2 SUQ (stupid unix questions)
- To: Miki Shapiro <aris(at-nospam)pharoe.com>
- Subject: Re: 2 SUQ (stupid unix questions)
- From: Oleg Goldshmidt <ogoldshmidt(at-nospam)computer.org>
- Date: 03 Apr 2001 10:27:34 +0200
- Cc: Happy Linux Campers <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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- In-Reply-To: Miki Shapiro's message of "Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:35:35 +0200 (IST)"
- Organization: Speaking for myself only.
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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.
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Oleg Goldshmidt | ogoldshmidt@NOSPAM.computer.org
"I'd rather write programs to write programs than write programs."
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