How do I set up an account with a null password (i.e. doesn't require
blanks to be entered) in Ubuntu?

I have managed to set up a proper root account (with password) and my
pam.d file includes a line:-

password   required   pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=0 max=8 md5

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Jeremy Boden

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On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:03:39 +0000, Jeremy Boden wrote:

> How do I set up an account with a null password (i.e. doesn't require
> blanks to be entered) in Ubuntu?
>
> I have managed to set up a proper root account (with password) and my
> pam.d file includes a line:-
>
> password   required   pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=0 max=8 md5

Correction! that should read the common-password file, not the pam.d file.
Sorry,

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On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:03:39 +0000, Jeremy Boden wrote:

> How do I set up an account with a null password (i.e. doesn't require
> blanks to be entered) in Ubuntu?
>
> I have managed to set up a proper root account (with password) and my
> pam.d file includes a line:-
>
> password   required   pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=0 max=8 md5

sudo passwd useraccount -d

All this does is remove the encrypted password from /etc/shadow which
to my understanding should allow a user to login with no password.  I have
done this in Solaris where it worked but so far it's a no go in Ubuntu.
Anyone know why?

Chuck

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