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* AW: [gentoo-user] x or * in /etc/passwd ?
@ 2006-09-18 10:04 99% Noack, Sebastian
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From: Noack, Sebastian @ 2006-09-18 10:04 UTC (permalink / raw
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The second field in /etc/passwd stands also for the password hash. But
since storing passwords in /etc/passwd is deprecated, it should ever be
an invalid hash like "x" or "*" for example.

Regards
Sebastian Noack

> OK, thank you. The * should appear in /etc/shadow, not in /etc/passwd.
> --
> Jorge Almeida

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