From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 17 07:51:36 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 766B016A420 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2005 07:51:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@aebc.com) Received: from imail.aebc.com (dns1.aebc.com [209.53.200.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFB2B43D46 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2005 07:51:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@aebc.com) Received: from aebc.com [209.139.247.233] by imail.aebc.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.15) id AB541A300C4; Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:52:52 -0700 Received: from chris [209.53.197.59] by aebc.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.15) id A7453D2700D0; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:29:25 -0700 From: "Chris St Denis" To: "'Paul Hoffman'" , Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:27:09 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 Thread-Index: AcW7DWopJXSxv/HsQNyyfYifo3ZtawAAC5YA In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <200509161529453.SM01508@chris> X-RBL-Warning: NOPOSTMASTER: "Not supporting postmaster@aebc.com" X-RBL-Warning: IPNOTINMX: X-RBL-Warning: SPAMHEADERS: This E-mail has headers consistent with spam [4000020e]. X-RBL-Warning: CMDSPACE: Space found in RCPT TO: command. X-Declude-Sender: chris@aebc.com [209.53.197.59] X-Declude-Spoolname: D47453d2700d0e9eb.SMD X-Note: Email was scanned by AE's anti-spam system in MX2 server. X-Note: This E-mail was sent from zz197059.cipherkey.net ([209.53.197.59]). X-Note: Total spam weight of this E-mail is 3. X-Spam-Tests-Failed: NOPOSTMASTER [1], IPNOTINMX [0], SPAMHEADERS [0], CMDSPACE [5] Cc: Subject: RE: What does an * in master.passwd (not passwd) mean? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 07:51:36 -0000 It means an account that can not be logged in to. The in the hash algorithm used in master.password nothing encrypts to * so no possible password will ever match the encrypted value * thus locking out the account from login. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Paul Hoffman Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 3:22 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: What does an * in master.passwd (not passwd) mean? In 5.4 (and probably lots of other versions), the master.passwd file is pre-seeded with lots of accounts such as daemon, operator, and so on. The master.passwd file looks like: daemon:*:1:1::0:0:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin operator:*:2:5::0:0:System &:/:/usr/sbin/nologin . . . The man page for master.passwd and passwd say what an "*" in the second field means in passwd, but not in master.passwd. Any clues would be appreciated (and I will put in a documentation pr when I have an answer). --Paul Hoffman _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"