I started to file the following as a bug, but seems like I must be missing something: Summary: passwordless and null password account logins rejected (KDE3 and vttys) Systems: both 12.3 & 13.1M2 on both i586 and x86_64 Comments: To reproduce: 1-install minimal X normally but without creating any regular user(s) 2-set grub cmdline(s) to include 3 parameter 3-set solver.onlyRequires=true in /etc/zypp.conf 4-install minimalist via zypper and set default KDM/KDE (3 and/or 4) 5-create group account (e.g. # groupadd -g 1999 mygroup) 6-create user account (e.g. # useradd -g 1999 -u 1999 myaccount) 7a-delete password (e.g. # passwd -d myaccount), or 7b-set password null (e.g. #passwd myaccount, <ENTER>, <ENTER>) 8-attempt to login with new user account (hostname login: myaccount)(in KDM or vtty) Actual results: 1a-(KDE) Login failed 1b-(vtty) Login incorrect 2-(vtty) login prompt refreshes Expected results: 1-(vtty) Last login XXX XXX ## ##:"##:## on ttyX 2-(vtty) Have a lot of fun... 3-(all KDE) login succeeds Comments: 1-applies also to 12.3 (local hosts gx150 & big41) 2-In pre-12.3 openSUSE versions, deleting password failed too, but setting password null worked. In Fedora 19 (as in previous versions) and Mageia 3 (as in previous versions, and Mandriva, and Mandrake), setting password null fails, but deleting password works. 3-IIRC (I need to verify if I can figure out which systems this applies to), 12.2 systems (at least those with sysvinit-init installed) for which users and null password(s) was/were set and which were upgraded to 12.3 via zypper continue to accept logins. 4-On 3 of the 4 installations, once KDM had been started after the users and passwords had been set and at least one reboot, this bug permanently disappeared, remaining only on host gx150 running 13.1 and KDE3. What am I missing? The gx150 13.1M2 system has krb5-1.11.3-2.1, pam-1.1.6-8.1 and xauth-1.0.7-5.2, and also repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_Factory enabled. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org