From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GPFTk-0000ox-2J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:31:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8I9VC8H002703; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:31:12 GMT Received: from cubo.math.ist.utl.pt (cubo.math.ist.utl.pt [193.136.196.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8I9Qtxt008097 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:26:56 GMT Received: from jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt (jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt [193.136.196.112]) by cubo.math.ist.utl.pt (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8I9Qtjo000898 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:26:55 +0100 Received: (qmail 25558 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2006 10:26:54 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 18 Sep 2006 10:26:54 +0100 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:26:54 +0100 (WEST) From: Jorge Almeida To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] x or * in /etc/passwd ? In-Reply-To: <20060918091928.GA25496@neptune.octopus> Message-ID: References: <20060918091928.GA25496@neptune.octopus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 66f5591f-26a8-4870-ad25-ab264db042e0 X-Archives-Hash: 5cbcfe54f9fc8ac20489b08bf0449c50 On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Matteo Pillon wrote: > > From shadow(5) manpage: > If the password field contains some string that is not valid result of > crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix > password to log in, subject to pam(7). > OK, thank you. The * should appear in /etc/shadow, not in /etc/passwd. -- Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list