setup a user without a password in Linux?

[suhale]

Hi All,

I need help ! How do I set up a user in Linux without a password. In Unix the utility will allow me to setupt a user without a password, but the redhat(6.0) Linuxconf forces me to setup a password.

I tried manually change it by elimination the password in the /etc/passwd file :
vi /etc/passwd

suhale::

but this does not help. It still asks for the password when I log in.

I would appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks

Suhale

 

[DumTech]

It's been a while since I stumbled upon this, but I think I found something under linuxconf(?) in RH 7.1 to allow a user to login without a password... Might not be there in 6.2. I'm not sure what it does to config files; I just thought it looked like something my wife would appreciate, since she's not used to being required to log in to a computer at home...

She still hasn't logged in, but the function worked when I tested it with her username.

 

[sixthsense]

hi suhale
start userconf
there is a button in GUI ver named policies
just edit the password policy
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[lvennard]

the link isnt redhat, but it might work for someone out there.

basically, if your a home user, you need no securtiy.
look here to see if this helps.

http://support.caldera.com/caldera/...search&58=&2900=XHDlp9Vwfc&25=6&3=no password

this should enable automatic login for root