how to login without passwd from remote thin client

abd_bela · 05-29-2013, 02:03 AM

good morning,

I disactivate the password,
( I remove x from /etc/passwd like geopp13::1038:1039 and
geopp13::15833:0:99999:7::: in /etc/shadow)

in order to log in without typing a password.

from the terminal connected directly to the computer, it works fine,
but from a thin client ( via XDMCP) it continues to ask for the password.

Is it possible to fix the problem.

I want a connection directly from thin client by typing just the login.

thaks for help
regards

tech_soul8 · 05-30-2013, 03:30 PM

I think you shouldn't do that. Manually editing /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files can end up with file corruption or some other error and you can lock yourself out of the system.

What you are trying to do I think that must be accomplish through setting up your pam configuration files. I think that I once read something similar but can't remember where exactly...