Re: adduser: what is the difference between --disabled-password and--disabled-login
On Mon, 09 May 2005 15:34:06 +0300, Shaul Karl <shaulk@013.net> wrote:
>adduser(8) states that
>
> With the --disabled-login option, the account will be created but
> will be disabled until a password is set. The --disabled-password
> option will not set a password, but login are still possible for
> example through SSH RSA keys.
>
>I wonder what is the difference?
One disables the account, the other sets an invalid password. I think
that the manpage is quite clear about that.
> if ($ask_passwd) {
> &systemcall('/usr/bin/passwd', $new_name);
> } else {
> if(!$disabled_login) {
> &systemcall('/usr/sbin/usermod', '-p', '*', $new_name);
> }
> }
>
>Perhaps what I really should have asked is about the contents of
>/etc/{passwd,shadow}'s password field for disabled accounts.
One is "*", the other is "!". I never know which is which.
Why didn't you ask the adduser maintainers?
Greetings
Marc
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