[lug] Re: linux

[Hugh Brown]

My understanding is that the :x: means go look at /etc/shadow, whereas an
actual password would just be used for authentication.  So, you could null
the /etc/shadow password field and leave the :x: (don't know if that will
work, never tried it) or you could null /etc/passwd and should be
successful.

YMMV,
Hugh


> Now Ralf had suggested actually nulling the password in etc/passwd.
> 
> My question is, if shadow password are enabled will nulling the "X" in the
> etc/passwd file take care of the problem?
> 
> It's SuSe 6.4 and shadow passwords are enabled.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any ideas on this.
> 
> -Glenn Ashton