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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >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/