[NTLUG:Discuss] Group Password

[Vaidya, Harshal (Cognizant)]

Hey Pervaz,

 Which user does it ask you the password for? Does that user exist in
the /etc/passwd file?

-----Original Message-----
From: Pervaz Allaudin [mailto:pervaz at att.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:07 PM
To: NTLUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Group Password


yes and no.

No - if you mean auto login at beginning of. the session.

This password is only when a new shell console is brought up; And it is 
NOT my user password or even the root password but some other which I do

not know.

and yes I would like to bypass it when I open a shell console.

Pervaz


Vaidya, Harshal (Cognizant) wrote:

>If I understand correctly you want a automatic login without providing 
>password and username.. Right?
>
>In that case look at man autologin. You will get all the details.
>
>Thanks and Regards,
>Harshal Vaidya.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pervaz Allaudin [mailto:pervaz at att.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 8:38 PM
>To: NTLUG
>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Group Password
>
>
>I added myself to user and adm groups on my mandrake 9.0 and also added
>root to the user group.
>
>Now whenever I open a console the system asks me for a password. I do
>know how to get rid of it - I can cntrl-c through it but I rather it
not
>
>ask.
>
>It probably is the group password but not being completely familiar 
>with
>
>linux I would like to know how I can stop the system from asking me and
>will I be compromising security if I take out a group password (and how

>I can do that).
>
>Thanks
>Pervaz
>
>
>
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