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Xref: sserve comp.unix.questions:52203 comp.unix.admin:21038 comp.unix.misc:13018 comp.unix.bsd:14368 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!news.cs.indiana.edu!nstn.ns.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!calvin.stemnet.nf.ca!dale 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 Followup-To: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd Date: 17 Jul 1994 21:34:43 GMT Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland Lines: 13 Message-ID: <30c85j$pud@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> References: <30btoj$nd6@uuneo.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: calvin.stemnet.nf.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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 -- STEM~Net, Programmer Consultant dale@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca E-5035, Memorial University Voice: (709)737-8836 St. John's, NF, A1B 3X8 Fax: (709)737-2179