Michal Suchanek wrote: > Excerpts from Cyril Brulebois's message of Sun Mar 06 08:16:47 +0100 2011: > > Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> (06/03/2011): > > > if you'd like this bug to be looked at, you probably want to report > > > it upstream (product xorg, component App/xdm): > > > http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ > > > > Actually, man xdm says: > > > > xlogin.Login.allowNullPasswd > > If set to ``true'', allow an otherwise failing password match > > to > > succeed if the account does not require a password at all. > > The > > default is ``false'', so only users that have passwords > > assigned > > can log in. > > > This is a discrepancy between login(1) and xdm then. login(1) allows > users with no password to log on without any issues or special settings.
OTOH, openssh-server has an analogous setting. Personally I have no problem with this (assuming it works; I haven't tested it yet). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
