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From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: bin/71147: sshd(8) will allow to log into a locked account
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The following reply was made to PR bin/71147; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, des@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/71147: sshd(8) will allow to log into a locked account
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:50:14 +0400

 On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 04:52:54PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
 Y> 	In FreeBSD (and other BSDs,) the well-known way to lock out
 Y> 	a user's account is setting the user's encrypted password to
 Y> 	an asterisk character, `*', in master.passwd.  Arguably, one
 Y> 	can also lock out a user by just _prefixing_ the password field
 Y> 	value with `*'.  Anyway, sshd(8) will ignore either lock
 Y> 	and allow the user to log in if he authenticates himself by
 Y> 	means other than the Unix password, e.g., using his public key.
 
 This is not a bug, it's a feature! Any ssh (not only Open) has the
 same behavior on any unix operating system.
 
 I'm utilizing this feature since I use pubkey authentification. 
 
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