Is there some default password for a new user in Linux?

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I am a Windows user gradually moving towards Linux. In Windows we have an option of either having or not having some password for a user. Once we do not put a password we can directly log in to the system.



However, in Linux this is not possible as every user must have a password. Even if one does not give a password not typing anything and simply pressing the Return key doesn't log one in (unlike Windows). Is there some default password set for every user or any other mechanism by means of which a password is always assigned?










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I am a Windows user gradually moving towards Linux. In Windows we have an option of either having or not having some password for a user. Once we do not put a password we can directly log in to the system.



However, in Linux this is not possible as every user must have a password. Even if one does not give a password not typing anything and simply pressing the Return key doesn't log one in (unlike Windows). Is there some default password set for every user or any other mechanism by means of which a password is always assigned?










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  • password are not mandatory in unix linux system

    – Kiwy
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  • Kiwy said it before. Look here for autologin: unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=autologin+inittab

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I am a Windows user gradually moving towards Linux. In Windows we have an option of either having or not having some password for a user. Once we do not put a password we can directly log in to the system.



However, in Linux this is not possible as every user must have a password. Even if one does not give a password not typing anything and simply pressing the Return key doesn't log one in (unlike Windows). Is there some default password set for every user or any other mechanism by means of which a password is always assigned?










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I am a Windows user gradually moving towards Linux. In Windows we have an option of either having or not having some password for a user. Once we do not put a password we can directly log in to the system.



However, in Linux this is not possible as every user must have a password. Even if one does not give a password not typing anything and simply pressing the Return key doesn't log one in (unlike Windows). Is there some default password set for every user or any other mechanism by means of which a password is always assigned?







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  • password are not mandatory in unix linux system

    – Kiwy
    Jan 9 '14 at 15:16











  • Kiwy said it before. Look here for autologin: unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=autologin+inittab

    – user55518
    Jan 9 '14 at 15:48

















  • password are not mandatory in unix linux system

    – Kiwy
    Jan 9 '14 at 15:16











  • Kiwy said it before. Look here for autologin: unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=autologin+inittab

    – user55518
    Jan 9 '14 at 15:48
















password are not mandatory in unix linux system

– Kiwy
Jan 9 '14 at 15:16





password are not mandatory in unix linux system

– Kiwy
Jan 9 '14 at 15:16













Kiwy said it before. Look here for autologin: unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=autologin+inittab

– user55518
Jan 9 '14 at 15:48





Kiwy said it before. Look here for autologin: unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=autologin+inittab

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Authentication can be handled in many different ways in Linux. Password authentication via /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow is the usual default. There is no default password.



A user is not required to have a password. In a typical setup a user without a password will be unable to authenticate with the use of a password. This is common for system users which are used to run daemons, but are not intended to be used directly by a human.



You can configure Linux to allow login to the desktop automatically, or allow login without a password. Authentication is done via PAM, which is highly configurable. The Arch wiki offers the following PAM configuration for login without a password:




If you want to bypass the password prompt in GDM then simply add the
following line on the first line of /etc/pam.d/gdm-password:




auth sufficient pam_succeed_if.so user ingroup nopasswdlogin 



Then, add the group nopasswdlogin to your system. See Groups for
group descriptions and group management commands. Now, add your
user to the nopasswdlogin group and you will only have to click
on your username to login.







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    No, there is not. For every single user you create in the GUI you have to set manually the password. Blank passwords or default standard password are obviously considered as a high security risk.



    But



    You have the command newusers witch can help you create one or many users using the default password you want in plain text mode.
    usage as root : newusers file where file is a text file with the folowing structure for each line :
    pw_name:pw_passwd:pw_uid:pw_gid:pw_gecos:pw_dir:pw_shell



    You can do it also in one command line. Example :



    echo chinmay:clearpassword::::/home/maleki:/bin/bash | sudo newusers





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      To answer the literal question: no, there is no default password. Usually by default an account will have an "invalid" password, that is, a password hash that will not be matched by any password at all. In order to be able to log in, a password must be explicitly specified, e.g. by running passwd for the account in question.



      However, you can configure the logon manager to automatically log in as a specific user, either immediately or after a delay, if you wish to do so. That is not normally done, but the feature exists.






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        No, there isn't a default password for users. The information you might want to read is the manual page for adduser



        man adduser



        This command uses useradd which is a lower level command.






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          That depends on the distro. In Debian adduser is it's own command. In RHEL, it's a symlink to useradd.

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        There is no default password: either an account has a password, or it doesn't (in which case you can't log in, at least not with password authentication). However, you can set an empty password. Many services reject empty passwords, though. In particular, with an empty password, you won't be able to log in remotely. But you will be able to log in on the console.



        Rather than use this feature, I recommend setting a reasonably strong password, and if you really don't want to have to type it because your computer stays at home and nobody but you accesses it, set up autologin. A passwordless account does make sense in some cases, such as children.






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          Authentication can be handled in many different ways in Linux. Password authentication via /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow is the usual default. There is no default password.



          A user is not required to have a password. In a typical setup a user without a password will be unable to authenticate with the use of a password. This is common for system users which are used to run daemons, but are not intended to be used directly by a human.



          You can configure Linux to allow login to the desktop automatically, or allow login without a password. Authentication is done via PAM, which is highly configurable. The Arch wiki offers the following PAM configuration for login without a password:




          If you want to bypass the password prompt in GDM then simply add the
          following line on the first line of /etc/pam.d/gdm-password:




          auth sufficient pam_succeed_if.so user ingroup nopasswdlogin 



          Then, add the group nopasswdlogin to your system. See Groups for
          group descriptions and group management commands. Now, add your
          user to the nopasswdlogin group and you will only have to click
          on your username to login.







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            Authentication can be handled in many different ways in Linux. Password authentication via /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow is the usual default. There is no default password.



            A user is not required to have a password. In a typical setup a user without a password will be unable to authenticate with the use of a password. This is common for system users which are used to run daemons, but are not intended to be used directly by a human.



            You can configure Linux to allow login to the desktop automatically, or allow login without a password. Authentication is done via PAM, which is highly configurable. The Arch wiki offers the following PAM configuration for login without a password:




            If you want to bypass the password prompt in GDM then simply add the
            following line on the first line of /etc/pam.d/gdm-password:




            auth sufficient pam_succeed_if.so user ingroup nopasswdlogin 



            Then, add the group nopasswdlogin to your system. See Groups for
            group descriptions and group management commands. Now, add your
            user to the nopasswdlogin group and you will only have to click
            on your username to login.







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              Authentication can be handled in many different ways in Linux. Password authentication via /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow is the usual default. There is no default password.



              A user is not required to have a password. In a typical setup a user without a password will be unable to authenticate with the use of a password. This is common for system users which are used to run daemons, but are not intended to be used directly by a human.



              You can configure Linux to allow login to the desktop automatically, or allow login without a password. Authentication is done via PAM, which is highly configurable. The Arch wiki offers the following PAM configuration for login without a password:




              If you want to bypass the password prompt in GDM then simply add the
              following line on the first line of /etc/pam.d/gdm-password:




              auth sufficient pam_succeed_if.so user ingroup nopasswdlogin 



              Then, add the group nopasswdlogin to your system. See Groups for
              group descriptions and group management commands. Now, add your
              user to the nopasswdlogin group and you will only have to click
              on your username to login.







              share|improve this answer













              Authentication can be handled in many different ways in Linux. Password authentication via /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow is the usual default. There is no default password.



              A user is not required to have a password. In a typical setup a user without a password will be unable to authenticate with the use of a password. This is common for system users which are used to run daemons, but are not intended to be used directly by a human.



              You can configure Linux to allow login to the desktop automatically, or allow login without a password. Authentication is done via PAM, which is highly configurable. The Arch wiki offers the following PAM configuration for login without a password:




              If you want to bypass the password prompt in GDM then simply add the
              following line on the first line of /etc/pam.d/gdm-password:




              auth sufficient pam_succeed_if.so user ingroup nopasswdlogin 



              Then, add the group nopasswdlogin to your system. See Groups for
              group descriptions and group management commands. Now, add your
              user to the nopasswdlogin group and you will only have to click
              on your username to login.








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                  No, there is not. For every single user you create in the GUI you have to set manually the password. Blank passwords or default standard password are obviously considered as a high security risk.



                  But



                  You have the command newusers witch can help you create one or many users using the default password you want in plain text mode.
                  usage as root : newusers file where file is a text file with the folowing structure for each line :
                  pw_name:pw_passwd:pw_uid:pw_gid:pw_gecos:pw_dir:pw_shell



                  You can do it also in one command line. Example :



                  echo chinmay:clearpassword::::/home/maleki:/bin/bash | sudo newusers





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                    No, there is not. For every single user you create in the GUI you have to set manually the password. Blank passwords or default standard password are obviously considered as a high security risk.



                    But



                    You have the command newusers witch can help you create one or many users using the default password you want in plain text mode.
                    usage as root : newusers file where file is a text file with the folowing structure for each line :
                    pw_name:pw_passwd:pw_uid:pw_gid:pw_gecos:pw_dir:pw_shell



                    You can do it also in one command line. Example :



                    echo chinmay:clearpassword::::/home/maleki:/bin/bash | sudo newusers





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                      No, there is not. For every single user you create in the GUI you have to set manually the password. Blank passwords or default standard password are obviously considered as a high security risk.



                      But



                      You have the command newusers witch can help you create one or many users using the default password you want in plain text mode.
                      usage as root : newusers file where file is a text file with the folowing structure for each line :
                      pw_name:pw_passwd:pw_uid:pw_gid:pw_gecos:pw_dir:pw_shell



                      You can do it also in one command line. Example :



                      echo chinmay:clearpassword::::/home/maleki:/bin/bash | sudo newusers





                      share|improve this answer















                      No, there is not. For every single user you create in the GUI you have to set manually the password. Blank passwords or default standard password are obviously considered as a high security risk.



                      But



                      You have the command newusers witch can help you create one or many users using the default password you want in plain text mode.
                      usage as root : newusers file where file is a text file with the folowing structure for each line :
                      pw_name:pw_passwd:pw_uid:pw_gid:pw_gecos:pw_dir:pw_shell



                      You can do it also in one command line. Example :



                      echo chinmay:clearpassword::::/home/maleki:/bin/bash | sudo newusers






                      share|improve this answer














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                          To answer the literal question: no, there is no default password. Usually by default an account will have an "invalid" password, that is, a password hash that will not be matched by any password at all. In order to be able to log in, a password must be explicitly specified, e.g. by running passwd for the account in question.



                          However, you can configure the logon manager to automatically log in as a specific user, either immediately or after a delay, if you wish to do so. That is not normally done, but the feature exists.






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                            To answer the literal question: no, there is no default password. Usually by default an account will have an "invalid" password, that is, a password hash that will not be matched by any password at all. In order to be able to log in, a password must be explicitly specified, e.g. by running passwd for the account in question.



                            However, you can configure the logon manager to automatically log in as a specific user, either immediately or after a delay, if you wish to do so. That is not normally done, but the feature exists.






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                              To answer the literal question: no, there is no default password. Usually by default an account will have an "invalid" password, that is, a password hash that will not be matched by any password at all. In order to be able to log in, a password must be explicitly specified, e.g. by running passwd for the account in question.



                              However, you can configure the logon manager to automatically log in as a specific user, either immediately or after a delay, if you wish to do so. That is not normally done, but the feature exists.






                              share|improve this answer













                              To answer the literal question: no, there is no default password. Usually by default an account will have an "invalid" password, that is, a password hash that will not be matched by any password at all. In order to be able to log in, a password must be explicitly specified, e.g. by running passwd for the account in question.



                              However, you can configure the logon manager to automatically log in as a specific user, either immediately or after a delay, if you wish to do so. That is not normally done, but the feature exists.







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                                  No, there isn't a default password for users. The information you might want to read is the manual page for adduser



                                  man adduser



                                  This command uses useradd which is a lower level command.






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                                    That depends on the distro. In Debian adduser is it's own command. In RHEL, it's a symlink to useradd.

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                                  No, there isn't a default password for users. The information you might want to read is the manual page for adduser



                                  man adduser



                                  This command uses useradd which is a lower level command.






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                                    That depends on the distro. In Debian adduser is it's own command. In RHEL, it's a symlink to useradd.

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                                  No, there isn't a default password for users. The information you might want to read is the manual page for adduser



                                  man adduser



                                  This command uses useradd which is a lower level command.






                                  share|improve this answer













                                  No, there isn't a default password for users. The information you might want to read is the manual page for adduser



                                  man adduser



                                  This command uses useradd which is a lower level command.







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                                    That depends on the distro. In Debian adduser is it's own command. In RHEL, it's a symlink to useradd.

                                    – jordanm
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                                    That depends on the distro. In Debian adduser is it's own command. In RHEL, it's a symlink to useradd.

                                    – jordanm
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                                  That depends on the distro. In Debian adduser is it's own command. In RHEL, it's a symlink to useradd.

                                  – jordanm
                                  Jan 9 '14 at 15:18





                                  That depends on the distro. In Debian adduser is it's own command. In RHEL, it's a symlink to useradd.

                                  – jordanm
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                                  There is no default password: either an account has a password, or it doesn't (in which case you can't log in, at least not with password authentication). However, you can set an empty password. Many services reject empty passwords, though. In particular, with an empty password, you won't be able to log in remotely. But you will be able to log in on the console.



                                  Rather than use this feature, I recommend setting a reasonably strong password, and if you really don't want to have to type it because your computer stays at home and nobody but you accesses it, set up autologin. A passwordless account does make sense in some cases, such as children.






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                                    There is no default password: either an account has a password, or it doesn't (in which case you can't log in, at least not with password authentication). However, you can set an empty password. Many services reject empty passwords, though. In particular, with an empty password, you won't be able to log in remotely. But you will be able to log in on the console.



                                    Rather than use this feature, I recommend setting a reasonably strong password, and if you really don't want to have to type it because your computer stays at home and nobody but you accesses it, set up autologin. A passwordless account does make sense in some cases, such as children.






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                                      There is no default password: either an account has a password, or it doesn't (in which case you can't log in, at least not with password authentication). However, you can set an empty password. Many services reject empty passwords, though. In particular, with an empty password, you won't be able to log in remotely. But you will be able to log in on the console.



                                      Rather than use this feature, I recommend setting a reasonably strong password, and if you really don't want to have to type it because your computer stays at home and nobody but you accesses it, set up autologin. A passwordless account does make sense in some cases, such as children.






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                                      There is no default password: either an account has a password, or it doesn't (in which case you can't log in, at least not with password authentication). However, you can set an empty password. Many services reject empty passwords, though. In particular, with an empty password, you won't be able to log in remotely. But you will be able to log in on the console.



                                      Rather than use this feature, I recommend setting a reasonably strong password, and if you really don't want to have to type it because your computer stays at home and nobody but you accesses it, set up autologin. A passwordless account does make sense in some cases, such as children.







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