On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> from the quill of Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > the problem is that you can't allow empty passwords in that case, big
> > annoyance
> > for mostly home users, uh?
>
> Meaning that you want to allow a home user to not have a password
> because it is too much of a PIA for them to have to log in all the time?
> But with empty passwords, allowing sshd access is dangerous. Is that a
> correct assesment of your concerns?
>
> You can have sshd refuse access to an account with empty passwords.
>
As I recollect is this the default behaviour for sshd in 7.1.
And, if people have some knowledge, then it shouldn't be a problem to add
openssh-server to the installation?
seb
