SSH with Empty Password and no ssh keys

This is a guide to zero security in linux. It is applicable only in places where security is not a threat and there is no threat from external networks.

The following options would allow a system running ssh to have a user with empty password so that you can use this user to login without any password or ssh keys.


I am adding a test user for this purpose.

useradd noneknowme
passwd -d noneknowme

Configure ssh server to allow empty passwords.

Edit the following line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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PermitEmptyPasswords yes
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Restart sshd using /etc/init.d/sshd restart

Now you should be able to access the host with ssh with username noneknowme without any issues.
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ssh -l noneknowme test
[noneknowme@test ~]$
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Don't try this . I am using this as a reference. Thanks to linuxquestions.org