passwd and group entries

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 14:37 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 08:23:48PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > > 
> > > I'm sure you *must* have googled this before posting...
> > > 
> > > http://library.gnome.org/admin/gdm/2.27/gdm.html#PAM
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/393854
> > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PasswordlessGuestAccount
> > > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/en/man5/passwd.5.html
> > > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/pl/man1/gpasswd.1.html
> > > <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&complete=0&q=ubuntu+%2Bnopasswdlogin&btnG=Search>
> > 
> > <the DeepThough voice of Google> "Aren't you my friend?" 
> 
> On philosophical grounds I would eat ground glass before I used Google
> unless it was unavoidable. There are other search enginesthat don't 
> drop their pants for China.

I hear ya, but maybe ...just maybe, there is some "double-naught-spy"
business going on as well. What Spock said, "What is sauce for the goose
is sauce for the gander" might apply here. 

The NSA got all heavily involved with Linux security ...why? Lotsa large
GovCo usage of Linux sprang up. Certainly not because they feared for
Joe Lunchbucket's security needs. Google was also an early-on adapter of
using Linux. In 1999 Red Hat/Bob Young was involved with their founders
startup efforts. I guess I prefer a cut-throat company that uses Linux
over a Widows cut-throat one. And, just maybe they can sort through the
net traffic from there, functioning like a modern day NORAD. You
certainly wouldn't read about it in the daily fish-wrap. :) Ric

-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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