Comment Re: http://www.openssh.com/faq.html#3.2

Wichert Akkerman wichert at wiggy.net
Sun Aug 19 09:25:59 EST 2001


Previously Seth Meyer wrote:
> The analysis given in section 3.2 of the portable OpenSSH FAQ regarding
> 
> "Empty passwords not allowed with PAM authentication"
> 
> appears to be specific to Linux's pam_unix.so.  No mention is made that
> this is in fact a Linux-specific remedy.  Some text should probably be
> added to this extent.

You can easily allow those by using the "null_ok" option for the PAM
module. 

Wichert.

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