Re: "*" and "!!" in /etc/shadow

[Leonard den Ottolander]

                Hi Werner,

> Can someone tell me why a difference is made for the users xfs, named,
> etc. to use "!!" and not "*" in the password field of the /etc/shadow
> file?

 I wouldn't know why, but both versions disable the password for the user. You 
could probably use "X" or whatever as well.

                                        Bye,

                                        Leonard.



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