why cant i enter blank password in ssh in terminal

[ericfunquist]

im trying to connect to my other computer via ssh and the account has a blank password and when prompted for the password it wont connect because it wont let me enter a blank passwprd it just keeps saying password over and over

what do i do

ps i cant change password on the other comuter cause its my moms

 

[The General]

im trying to connect to my other computer via ssh and the account has a blank password and when prompted for the password it wont connect because it wont let me enter a blank passwprd it just keeps saying password over and over

what do i do

ps i cant change password on the other comuter cause its my moms

You really need to tell her to put a password. Not having a password is really bad.

 

[superbovine]

For the record this is pretty retarded. You need to have a password.

However, http://www.osxfaq.com/man/8/sshd.ws


Read up on PermitEmptyPasswords

 

[macrem]

No password on SSH kind of defeats the purpose of using SSH; however, I've read that it's possible to set up a shared encryption key without a password.

 

[Tex-Twil]

I've read that it's possible to set up a shared encryption key without a password.

Yep you can authenticate with a your private key but this doesn't this will note disable the empty password authentication which remains very unsecure !