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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!das-news.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!tk2x+ From: Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: no password Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 18:55:55 -0400 Organization: Freshman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 5 Message-ID: <0iIyPve00WB58xq0IR@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po2.andrew.cmu.edu when i create an account, if the person isn't physically there, i leave their pw blank for them to set. this obviously creates some security problems, especially if they leave it blank. does anyone have a good idea how to force a user to set its password? possibly using the password expiration field in the passwd file..