Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:21:37 -0700 From: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: What does an * in master.passwd (not passwd) mean? Message-ID: <p06230928bf50f5540441@[10.20.30.249]>
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In 5.4 (and probably lots of other versions), the master.passwd file is pre-seeded with lots of accounts such as daemon, operator, and so on. The master.passwd file looks like: daemon:*:1:1::0:0:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin operator:*:2:5::0:0:System &:/:/usr/sbin/nologin . . . The man page for master.passwd and passwd say what an "*" in the second field means in passwd, but not in master.passwd. Any clues would be appreciated (and I will put in a documentation pr when I have an answer). --Paul Hoffman
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