It means an account that can not be logged in to. The in the hash algorithm used in master.password nothing encrypts to * so no possible password will ever match the encrypted value * thus locking out the account from login.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Hoffman Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 3:22 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: What does an * in master.passwd (not passwd) mean? In 5.4 (and probably lots of other versions), the master.passwd file is pre-seeded with lots of accounts such as daemon, operator, and so on. The master.passwd file looks like: daemon:*:1:1::0:0:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin operator:*:2:5::0:0:System &:/:/usr/sbin/nologin . . . The man page for master.passwd and passwd say what an "*" in the second field means in passwd, but not in master.passwd. Any clues would be appreciated (and I will put in a documentation pr when I have an answer). --Paul Hoffman _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
