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Bug#5212: Isn't the correct way to prevent logins....



On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:35:31PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Doesn't the correct, standard way to prevent all logins from an account 
> consist of set the password to '*' ?

I think so.  It's probably best to ask the base-passwd maintainer if
this fact isn't documented in a good place.

Please follow up on this and let us know...

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