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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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