From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29987 invoked by alias); 13 Nov 2001 15:53:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 29965 invoked from network); 13 Nov 2001 15:53:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cygnus.com) (205.180.230.5) by sourceware.cygnus.com with SMTP; 13 Nov 2001 15:53:38 -0000 Received: from cygbert.vinschen.de (cse.cygnus.com [205.180.230.236]) by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA12028 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:52:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from corinna@localhost) by cygbert.vinschen.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/Linux sendmail 8.9.3) id QAA22174 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:52:09 +0100 Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 01:30:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: Re: How to "login/rlogin/su" to user accts with no password defined? Message-ID: <20011113165209.D21980@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" References: <200111131540.HAA11075@cygnus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200111131540.HAA11075@cygnus.com>; from commpg@yahoo.com on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 08:39:20AM -0700 X-SW-Source: 2001-11.t/txt/msg00114.txt 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/ From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29987 invoked by alias); 13 Nov 2001 15:53:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 29965 invoked from network); 13 Nov 2001 15:53:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cygnus.com) (205.180.230.5) by sourceware.cygnus.com with SMTP; 13 Nov 2001 15:53:38 -0000 Received: from cygbert.vinschen.de (cse.cygnus.com [205.180.230.236]) by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA12028 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:52:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from corinna@localhost) by cygbert.vinschen.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/Linux sendmail 8.9.3) id QAA22174 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:52:09 +0100 Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 08:26:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: Re: How to "login/rlogin/su" to user accts with no password defined? Message-ID: <20011113165209.D21980@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" References: <200111131540.HAA11075@cygnus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200111131540.HAA11075@cygnus.com>; from commpg@yahoo.com on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 08:39:20AM -0700 X-SW-Source: 2001-11/txt/msg00114.txt.bz2 Message-ID: <20011111082600.KvlPt3kOqqklLysHQv8C4tU722Yg7hiRC2Gpdcskqmw@z> 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/