user info in 3.0

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2 total messages Started by james dehnert Thu, 08 Oct 1992 14:39

#1364

Author: james dehnert
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 14:39

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  Doing an nidump of passwd shows a user info with no password defined.  I  
tried, but could not log in fron the terminal as info, but I imagine there are  
other security holes opened up by this.
  Does anyone know what this user is is used for if anything?
  Is it safe to delete it, or at least give it a long garbege password?

  Zeke
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Re: user info in 3.0

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Author: Jess Anderson
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 12:56

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In article <1992Oct8.143946.18453@znext.cts.com> zeke@znext
(james dehnert) writes:

>Doing an nidump of passwd shows a user info with no password defined.

>  Does anyone know what this user is is used for if anything?
>  Is it safe to delete it, or at least give it a long garbege password?

I have no such user.  I deleted the 'me' user, but I believe
that's the only one.

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