Re: single user machine, one "user" now(?) has no password (I didn't do it).

On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 05:49:49AM -0800, Samuel wrote:
> I've added several users, over several days, using the exact same script,
> with the only input being the username on the command line. The script
> also generates a random encrypted password, which I can confirm by looking
> at master.passwd. And all the user accounts seemed to work (until the
> system became unresponsive).
>
> Recently I saw that the last user to be created this way has no password!
> My best guess is an un-updated chromium parsed a compromised web page, that
> ... removed the password (was running a snapshot, not stable).
>
> Does that seem plausible?

No.

Most likely your script is buggy.