[comp.unix.sysv386] No passwd for ONE account

fk@kos.rci.dk (Fleming Kraglund) (11/01/90)

pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) writes:

>I'd like to have nuucp with no passwd for anonymous uucp possibilities
>but my SV/386 R3.2.2 insists on asking nuucp to choose a password!  How
>can I convince UNIX that nuucp doesn't need a password?

If you wan't to disable the password requered for just one account, you should
change /etc/shadow so that the min field has a larger value than the max field.

do: passwd -n 2 -x 1 nuucp

and your problems should go away

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Flemming Kraglund             fk@rci.dk                  This is my OWN opinion