In article 10183@iscsvax.uni.edu, venenga@iscsvax.uni.edu () writes:
>Sun Admins:
>
> Here's another one I couldn't find in the FAQ. I'm running Solaris 2.1,
>and I need to have a user with no password, so that when they log on, they
>enter their username, and their shell is run, no password asked for or
>accepted. I tried to delete the entry from /etc/shadow, but then when I
>log on as that user, it tells me that I have no password, and to enter one.
>This account is used by hundreds of people, so I can't have that. If I lock
>the password, it won't let me log in. How do I get an account set so that
>no password is needed? Thanks for the help in advance.
>
You've done basically the right thing. The piece you're missing is that you need to edit /etc/default/login and comment out the line which say PASSREQ=YES.