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From: "Noack
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: AW: [gentoo-user] x or * in /etc/passwd ?
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:30:16
Message-Id: 7B97065F451A23458ED0C63B4CA5A2EA7C4ACD@SRV-EXCHANGE.AUTOonline.local
1 The second field in /etc/passwd stands also for the password hash. But
2 since storing passwords in /etc/passwd is deprecated, it should ever be
3 an invalid hash like "x" or "*" for example.
4
5 Regards
6 Sebastian Noack
7
8 > OK, thank you. The * should appear in /etc/shadow, not in /etc/passwd.
9 > --
10 > Jorge Almeida
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Re: AW: [gentoo-user] x or * in /etc/passwd ? Jorge Almeida <jalmeida@××××××××××××.pt>