Password entry

[Chris Torek]

In article <10975 at boulder.Colorado.EDU> bobk at fred.colorado.edu (Bob Kinne)
writes:
>What is the purpose of the following /etc/passwd entry?
>::0:0:::	(null login, password, and shell)

To let any and all {cr,h,wr,att}ackers get in to your system as root.

Such password entries are created by an over-trusting `getpwent' mixed
with an incautious `passwd' program and a fumble-fingered operator or
super-user.
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