Create Users Without Passwords

[patrick weaver]

I have been redoing the six and seven labs in preparation for doing the extra credit lab and am unable to find a reliable resource for a method to set up an account without a password. PLEASE do not suggest
<passwd -f -u gimli> or <passwd -fu gimli> as these do not work (although they claim they do) I have also looked on the internet where I was told to edit files that do not exist in fedora which is the os I am using because I am unable to find specifications for benji, in spite of repeated requests in this forum.

[Hilde Bell]

Just put any character in front of the encrypted password (second field) in the /etc/shadow file right between the : (colon) and the $ (dollar sign). I think I put a * (star) in mine for Gimli's account and it worked.

[Rich Simms]

See slide 63 of Lesson 8 for removing a password from an account - Rich

[keivn dodd]

/usr/bin/passwd -d gimli
or just
passwd -d gimli

I provided the absolute path because it's good to familiarize yourself with location of commands in the file system.