Unprivileged User's Account Without a Password

[Ka kkar]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Devarishi Kumar Mahadeva <
dk_mahadeva at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> Can we have an unprivileged user's account without any password such that
> the user can still login and perform tasks in the same way he or she would
> do by entering a valid password.
>
> Well, as I am aware of it that when we create a user's account by giving
> the following command:
>
> #useradd <UserName>
>
> We don't have to set a password for that account at this state. But if we
> try to log in using that user name we are prompted to enter a valid
> password. We can't log in without a password set for that account.
>
> So, is there any way to overcome it?
>
>

it is not a good idea to login without password but still if some case you
want to login without password or without being prompted for the password
remove the :x: from /etc/passwd file.this :x: parameter checks /etc/shadow
for the users password,when you remove this x it would not check the
/etc/shadow & you would be able to login without password.


Thanks
kakkar

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