On Nov 23 16:09, Dave Korn wrote: > Jerry Moody wrote: > > Is there a default ssh password if no Windows password is present? When I > > attempt to ssh into a WinXP machine with no Windows account password, I > > still get prompted for a password and I can't seem to guess what it is > > (null, anonymous, etc don't seem to work). I have set up autentication > > keys and ssh is successful, but I want to be certain that there isn't a > > default password that I don't know about which would open my system up to > > the world. > > You aren't allowed to log in to a passwordless account from the network in > any version of Windows since XP. Is that perhaps the problem?
...or the default setting of sshd: PermitEmptyPasswords no http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#RTFM could be helpful. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
