[gentoo-user] Re: /etc/shadow syntax

2005-06-06 Thread Hans Hvelplund Odborg
Michael Kjorling wrote: The given password is encrypted, and then compared to whatever is in the password field in /etc/shadow (or /etc/passwd). If they match, the password is valid. So entering anything that cannot be valid into the password field means that no password will be valid.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /etc/shadow syntax

2005-06-06 Thread Zac Medico
--- Hans Hvelplund Odborg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mean to be rude or anything, but I've seen many answers like this on different mailinglist archives and everyone seems to have an opinion of their own regarding this. So I'd like to see documentation of some sort. Example