Date: 12 Mar 2004 11:52:58 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Seamus Abshere <sabshere@Princeton.EDU> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwd hashes in master.passwd: disabled? Message-ID: <44ad2mror9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4051D9CE.5000504@princeton.edu> References: <4051D8D1.8010309@princeton.edu> <20040312153745.GA81537@greenfinch.com> <4051D9CE.5000504@princeton.edu>
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Seamus Abshere <sabshere@Princeton.EDU> writes: > > The accounts marked with '*' are disabled :-) > > but "root" has a * and I can still log in... As root? I don't think so, unless you edited the file by hand and forgot to rebuild the database. (pwd_mkdb(8)) > I thought it had something to do with "shadow" passwords or something. master.passwd *is* the shadow password file. Ordinary users don't have permissions to read it.
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