9 Jun
2006
9 Jun
'06
5:14 p.m.
Feizhou wrote:
There is this * in the password field of the shadow file for certain accounts.
I know that the ! is to indicate a locked account but what does a * mean?
My understanding is that anything in that field that is not a valid encrypted password means the account is disabled. I believe that '!!' and '*' are simply 2 different conventions indicating the same thing.
-Steve