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From: dale@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca (Dale Fraser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: SLIP and BSD
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Date: 17 Jul 1994 21:34:43 GMT
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Michael N. Barnes (mbarnes@usis.com) wrote:
: Smbarnes:*:150:1:Slip TEst:/tmp:/usr/sbin/sliplogin

Doesn't the * at the beginning of the password field disallow logins for
that username? They do on our system, anyways. Try giving the user Smbarnes a
password and then trying it.

Dale

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