SCO Unix 3.2 passwords
Bob Palowoda
palowoda at fiver.UUCP
Sat Sep 23 15:37:15 AEST 1989
>From article <1989Sep21.151325.8827 at ddsw1.MCS.COM>, by karl at ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger):
> In article <803 at medsys.UUCP> root at medsys.UUCP (Super user) writes:
>>Has anyone been able to make an account on Unix 3.2 with NO password?
>>This is desirable for anonymous BBS login.
>
Try 'passwd -d login_name'
---Bob
P.S. An annoying feature of unix 3.2 is password ageing. I don't know
if its the same on the C2 version of SCO's unix but to turn it off:
'passwd -x -1 login_name'
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