deleting password for a user

[gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen]

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:17:16 +1000, Felipe Figueiredo <philsf at ufrj.br>  
wrote:
>> That sets new_user's passwd.  I want to make new_user not have a  
>> password
>> at all so I can su into that account with typing a password.
>
> Thomas has a point. The root user is allowed to set blank passwords.
>
> You could also edit the /etc/shadow and delete the password itself. It  
> is the
> second field, being the ":" the field separator.
>
> regards
> FF
>

Surely there is a method of allowing a member of a group to over-ride the  
password settings of another user, a la suid or sudo?

for example if you are root you can su as any other user, right?




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Dr Paul van den Bergen
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