How to "login/rlogin/su" to user accts with no password defined?

How to "login/rlogin/su" to user accts with no password defined?

[Mark Paulus]

Hi,

I have this issue/question.  How can I rlogin/su to a user
account on my WinXP box that doesn't have a password
defined?  I like to keep passwords disabled for my home 
machines so the kids don't have to worry about it if they 
have to reboot.  Should the security processes be
smart enough to check if a password is required before
asking for one, or somehow figure out that no password
is required?

Thanks



--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: How to "login/rlogin/su" to user accts with no password defined?

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 08:39:20AM -0700, Mark Paulus wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have this issue/question.  How can I rlogin/su to a user
> account on my WinXP box that doesn't have a password
> defined?  I like to keep passwords disabled for my home 
> machines so the kids don't have to worry about it if they 
> have to reboot.  Should the security processes be
> smart enough to check if a password is required before
> asking for one, or somehow figure out that no password
> is required?

rlogin/telnet should work even without password.  su doesn't
work at all.

Corinna

-- 
Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Developer                                mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com
Red Hat, Inc.

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: How to "login/rlogin/su" to user accts with no password defined?

[Mark Paulus]

Well, I have a problem with this....  I have 2 machines
(Actually I have 6, but only 2 w/MS Windows).  One is running
XP Home, with inetd running as a service, and one running
XP Pro, with inetd running as a service.  Neither one of them
will allow me to telnet into the primary account, which has
NO password defined.  

In case you are wondering how safe this is, I have a Netgear 
router with port 22 enabled, and forwarded to a Debian GNU/Linux
box.  So, I ssh into my home DMZ machine, then I telnet to my
two Windows boxes......

Maybe there's something about the linux telnet and/or rlogin
that won't allow me to telnet to an account with no password
defined.

If anyone has any other ideas and/or hints, I would appreciate them.

Thanks.

On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:52:09 +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

>On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 08:39:20AM -0700, Mark Paulus wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have this issue/question.  How can I rlogin/su to a user
>> account on my WinXP box that doesn't have a password
>> defined?  I like to keep passwords disabled for my home 
>> machines so the kids don't have to worry about it if they 
>> have to reboot.  Should the security processes be
>> smart enough to check if a password is required before
>> asking for one, or somehow figure out that no password
>> is required?
>
>rlogin/telnet should work even without password.  su doesn't
>work at all.
>
>Corinna
>
>-- 
>Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
>Cygwin Developer                                mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com
>Red Hat, Inc.
>
>--
>Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
>Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
>Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
>FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/




--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

How to "login/rlogin/su" to user accts with no password defined?

[Mark Paulus]

Hi,

I have this issue/question.  How can I rlogin/su to a user
account on my WinXP box that doesn't have a password
defined?  I like to keep passwords disabled for my home 
machines so the kids don't have to worry about it if they 
have to reboot.  Should the security processes be
smart enough to check if a password is required before
asking for one, or somehow figure out that no password
is required?

Thanks



--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: How to "login/rlogin/su" to user accts with no password defined?

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 08:39:20AM -0700, Mark Paulus wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have this issue/question.  How can I rlogin/su to a user
> account on my WinXP box that doesn't have a password
> defined?  I like to keep passwords disabled for my home 
> machines so the kids don't have to worry about it if they 
> have to reboot.  Should the security processes be
> smart enough to check if a password is required before
> asking for one, or somehow figure out that no password
> is required?

rlogin/telnet should work even without password.  su doesn't
work at all.

Corinna

-- 
Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Developer                                mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com
Red Hat, Inc.

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/