[CentOS] shadow file question
Steve
steve27 at cox.net
Fri Jun 9 15:14:25 UTC 2006
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
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