Summary: How to login without being ask for password

From: Mt Dew <devconf_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon Sep 23 2002 - 16:39:38 EDT
Answer below. 
Thanks



>In telnet, how to let user just enter a username and in? Password will not be
>asked. I have one machine that is doing it right now, but it doesn't work on
>the other. I have the exact same OS 8 and same entry in /etc/passwd,
>/etc/shadow( username:::::::: )

The solaris FAQ says:

3.8) How can I have a user without a password?

    In addition to removing the password from /etc/shadow, you need
    to take one of the following steps:

    Edit /etc/default/login and comment out PASSREQ=YES or change it
    to PASSREQ=NO. This allows *all* users to remove their password!

    The second way is to give a particular user no password with the
    following entry in /etc/shadow:

    user::9092:9999:9999::::
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