From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 18 13: 0:48 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 13:00:47 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kraeusen.nbrewer.com (unknown [208.42.68.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E38B337B400 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:00:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by kraeusen.nbrewer.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 48A0A17436; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:00:46 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:00:46 -0600 From: Christopher Farley To: "Gerald T. Freymann" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: blank passwords in master.passwd? Message-ID: <20001218150045.B28364@northernbrewer.com> Mail-Followup-To: Christopher Farley , "Gerald T. Freymann" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from freymann@eagle.ca on Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 02:19:47PM -0500 Organization: Northern Brewer, St. Paul, MN Sender: chris@nbrewer.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Gerald T. Freymann (freymann@eagle.ca) wrote: > > Are there supposed to be blank passwords in /etc/master.passwd?? > > Such as.. > > toor:*:0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root: > daemon:*:1:1::0:0:Owner of many system processes:/root:/sbin/nologin > operator:*:2:5::0:0:System &:/:/sbin/nologin > > Aren't those "*"'s in the password field bad? No, an asterisk is not the same as an empty password. From man 5 passwd: "Administrative accounts have a password field containing an asterisk `*' which disallows normal logins." -- Christopher Farley Northern Brewer / 1150 Grand Avenue / St. Paul, MN 55105 www.northernbrewer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message