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- From: dave@pipi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp (David Wuertele)
- Subject: Does yp use a user named `+' with no password?
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- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 05:16:01 GMT
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- I found the user `+' in my /etc/passwd file and it had no password. I
- inserted a `*' for the password, and within an hour somebody complained
- that they couldn't log into my computer using yp anymore. I didn't see
- any reference to this in the man pages. What's up?
-
- Dave
-