I would like to allow login to a box with no password for a particular user how do I do that?

Question

I would like a userid to allow logging into a box without a password. I am not sure how to accomplish this as changing the password to nothing is not allowed. Thanks

Answer 1

On linux, for example, if you changed /etc/shadow in the following way you would accomplish what you want.

Change this:

user:$1$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:14650:0:99999:7:::

To:

user::14650:0:99999:7:::

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For a better answer however, I would recommend looking into ssh keys.