Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:52:09 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: Re: How to "login/rlogin/su" to user accts with no password defined? Message-ID: <20011113165209.D21980@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" References: <200111131540.HAA11075@cygnus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200111131540.HAA11075@cygnus.com>; from commpg@yahoo.com on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 08:39:20AM -0700 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:cygwin@cygwin.com 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/