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Remove password of user on OSX

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 20266805 views
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Problem

As much as I would like to figure out the problem, at this point too much time has been invested in deleting a stupid key when I already had a solution (the command line creation) that works. I'm going to delete the user and run the commands that I need. It would still be wonderful to have an answe…

Error Output

sudo dscl . -create /Users/buildbot
sudo dscl . -create /Users/buildbot UserShell /bin/bash
sudo dscl . -create /Users/buildbot RealName "BuildBot"
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Fix for: Remove password of user on OSX

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You need to set the password to a single character (asterisk, star) using . Be sure to escape or quote (as shown) it so it doesn't get interpreted by your shell. This will (when read) not be displayed as like any other password, but as , which just …

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