Re: ssh

[Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com>]

On Mon, 2018-11-19 at 08:38 -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:32:09AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > If you're only going to login to the account using ssh keys, you
> > don't need to give it a valid password hash at all.  Just put a
> > string of rubbish (English words qualify) in the hash field of
> > /etc/shadow.
> 
> Don't do that. Just use a *.

Something that's always bugged me... is there any difference between
using * or ! (both are valid)?

-Jim P.