Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:01:23 +0100 From: Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: "Houben,G.J.J. (Geert)" <G.Houben@fontys.nl>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A * as encrypted password? Message-ID: <56363525492.20010307200123@binity.com> In-Reply-To: <3AA683B3.BC99C209@i-clue.de> References: <C1E0E1EF0987D3119E720008C70D266601800AF0@fontmail02.fontys.nl> <3AA683B3.BC99C209@i-clue.de>
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[in reply to so@server.i-clue.de, 07-03-2001] >> Can I put with vipw a * as password? Or do I have to do that when I create >> it? > > Just make create the user, using any password you like. After that, edit > /etc/master.passwd, putting the "*" into the passwd field I believe just editing the master.passwd file without running pwd_mkdb(8) has no effect. The vipw tool runs some checks and does this for you. -- I DON'T CARE WHERE, JUST FAR To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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