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| -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 |
