[CentOS] shadow file question

Steve wrote:
> 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.

Yeah, apparently * is used on BSD systems instead of !.

So the pam code? probably just accepts either now.