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From:	"Mark Paulus" <commpg AT yahoo DOT com>
To:	"cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2001 15:16:46 -0700
Reply-To:	"Mark Paulus" <commpg AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: How to "login/rlogin/su" to user accts with no password defined?

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
>
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