Timeline for What happens if I delete all user passwords?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:37 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Oct 13, 2013 at 14:42 | comment | added | slm♦ | @kurtm - OK just wanted that to be clear to other readers as well. I figured that's what you were trying to clear up. | |
| Oct 13, 2013 at 14:31 | comment | added | kurtm |
Yes, I know. I said "logins without a password". As in, if they changed it to where the password field had nothing. The relevant option in sshd_config is PermitEmptyPasswords no.
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| Oct 13, 2013 at 14:26 | comment | added | slm♦ |
@kurtm - If you've setup ssh keys so that you can login you can get into a system where the password contains a :!: in /etc/shadow. I just double checked this.
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| Oct 13, 2013 at 14:22 | comment | added | kurtm | Not that blanking the password field is ever a good idea, but SSH won't allow logins without a password unless you override its default settings. | |
| Oct 13, 2013 at 12:55 | history | edited | slm♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 13, 2013 at 12:49 | history | answered | slm♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |