On 06/05/2012 11:13 AM, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
> See for yourself:
>
> # grep mysql /etc/shadow
> mysql:!!:15404::::::
Ah - good, from man 5 shadow...
encrypted password
Refer to crypt(3) for details on how this string is interpreted.
If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of crypt(3), for
instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user
may log in the system by other means).
This field may be empty, in which case no passwords are required to authenticate as the
specified login name. However, some applications which read the /etc/shadow file may
decide not to permit any access at all if the password field is empty.
A password field which starts with a exclamation mark means that the password is locked.
The remaining characters on the line represent the password field before the password was
locked.
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