Bug#5212: Isn't the correct way to prevent logins....

2004-01-31 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:35:31PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Doesn't the correct, standard way to prevent all logins from an account > consist of set the password to '*' ? I think so. It's probably best to ask the base-passwd maintainer if this fact isn't documented in a good place. Plea

Bug#5212: Isn't the correct way to prevent logins....

2004-01-29 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Doesn't the correct, standard way to prevent all logins from an account consist of set the password to '*' ? I believe that prevents xdm logins, unless I'm very much mistaken. (If I am mistaken, this bug is much more serious than I thought.) Given that that works, I think this bug (which complain