So it does. I stand corrected.
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> That's not correct. The account will be created with '!!' in the password
> field, and you will not be able to log in to it.
>
> MSG
>
>
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Mike Burger wrote:
>
> > If you don't set a password, I do believe that the account will simply
> > have no password, and anyone will be able to log into it.
> >
> > If you want the account to have no password, you'll need to go into
> > /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow (depending on how you installed your system)
> > and put something like "x" into the password field.
> >
> > On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Ed Lazor wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to log in to a new account between the time you add the user
> > > and manually set their password?
> > >
> > > For example, I want to verify that I can create a www account, never set a
> > > password on the account, and rest assured knowing nobody can login to the
> > > account.
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