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. > Sigh. Documentation a bit wanting now is it not? Even google does not give me anything...all I found where references to pam(7) to determine what happens but there is not any pam(7) man page. -_-