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| author | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-09-18 15:40:02 +0000 |
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| committer | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-09-18 15:40:02 +0000 |
| commit | 1d904b58c3e274c889856c913bf984c1ed64ec81 (patch) | |
| tree | 47417683a69058cbff516f4bdbfd6a1fbde2f002 | |
| parent | a14edd9388fe5884dbb0f59375b1e90ca8a399b7 (diff) | |
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Explain the use of `*' in master.passwd and that it's slightly
different from the use of `*' in /etc/passwd.
PR: docs/86234
Submitted by: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@above.proper.com>
MFC after: 1 week
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/passwd.5 | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/passwd.5 b/share/man/man5/passwd.5 index e94db8d..a9b5d39 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/passwd.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/passwd.5 @@ -103,7 +103,17 @@ file is generated from the file by .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 , has the class, change, and expire fields removed, and the password -field replaced by a ``*''. +field replaced by a +.Ql * +character. +In the +.Nm master.passwd +file, a password of +.Ql * +is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account. +The field only contains encrypted passwords, and +.Ql * +can never be the result of encrypting a password. .Pp The .Ar name |
