wtm@uhura.neoucom.EDU (Bill Mayhew) (10/26/90)
I tried to mail to Pete, but there seems to be a bug in address resolution at neoucom (again! arrrrrgggh). The offending password for nuucp may be clipped out by root running passmgt(1) on nuucp's account. Remember, though, that /etc/passwd is really a dummy file so that things like who and finger continue to work. The real info in ine /etc/shadow, which is root read only. Best to not try manual editing of the password information. Also, the factory delivered condition of /etc/default/login(4) is to have the PASSREQ=YES set. This is why nuucp keeps being prompted to set password. The root account may edit the file and change to NO to get rid of the offending prompt. In a way, PASSREQ is a bit silly, as no responsible system operator should create user accounts without initial passwords. ==Bill== -- Bill Mayhew NEOUCOM Computer Services Department Rootstown, OH 44272-9995 USA phone: 216-325-2511 wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu ....!uunet!aablue!neoucom!wtm via internet: (140.220.001.001)
pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (10/27/90)
In article <1990Oct26.111444.11441@uhura.neoucom.EDU> wtm@uhura.neoucom.EDU (Bill Mayhew) writes:
=I tried to mail to Pete, but there seems to be a bug in address
=resolution at neoucom (again! arrrrrgggh).
Thanks, Bill.
=The offending password
=for nuucp may be clipped out by root running passmgt(1) on nuucp's
=account.
=
=Also, the factory delivered condition of /etc/default/login(4) is
=to have the PASSREQ=YES set. This is why nuucp keeps being
=prompted to set password. The root account may edit the file and
=change to NO to get rid of the offending prompt. In a way, PASSREQ
=is a bit silly, as no responsible system operator should create
=user accounts without initial passwords.
So what's the diff between setting up nuucp as an anonymous uucp login
without a password, and publishing the password in the NJ USENET map?
And don't call me irresponsible! ;-)
Pete
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