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2006-08-20 10:41:13 ET OBSERVATION I If you create an account in Linux (let's call it "Deckard") and when prompted to create a password and press enter without typing anything in until it accepts it then your non-existant password gets stored as a hash in the password file even though you've entered no password. Now when you try to log into the system as "Deckard" you get a password prompt. So you push enter and the system logs you in. If, on the other hand, you type in any password then the system won't allow you to login. Now if you go into the password file and delete Deckard's password hash from the password file then save, logout, and then try to login again as Deckard locally you won't be prompted for a password! It'll just ask you for your username and then once you type in "Deckard" it'll log you right in.... BUT if you try to login remotely as "Deckard" you'll get prompted for a password! And no matter what you type it won't let you in. .... OBSERVATION II When you start up gAIM, go into the Account manager, put in your account info, and then login it actually saves your Buddy List. This becomes a problem because gAIM doesn't update it. For example, you have two sets of groups on your Buddy List. Let's call this group "Friends" and "Co-workers." Now let's say that you have a co-worker named "Bob" and you're using the normal AIM client. You realize that Bob has now become a good friend of yours and so you move him from the "Co-workers" group to the "Friends" group. Then you go home and load up gAIM and... and you notice that your gAIM buddy list hasn't been updated to reflect the change! In fact gAIM rarely, if ever, updates your Buddy List. The way to update it is to remove your account from the gAIM client's account manager and then recreate it. **** These 2 observations are probably already known but I only noticed them in the few past months. |
