Re: etc/group * or ! for password
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:24:51 +0100
John Talbut <john@dpets.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In etc/group I have the lines:
>
> man:*:12:
> sasl:*:45:
> plugdev:!:46:hal,john
>
> Can anyone explain the * and the ! ? All the other entries have x. I cannot
> find any explanation for anything other than a password or x in this field.
>
> John
>From 'man 5 shadow':
> 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).
Celejar
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