This one time, at band camp, Marc Haber said:
> On Mon, 09 May 2005 15:34:06 +0300, Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >adduser(8) states that
> >
> > With the --disabled-login option, the account will be created but
> > will be disabled until a password is set. The --disabled-password
> > option will not set a password, but login are still possible for
> > example through SSH RSA keys.
> >
> >I wonder what is the difference?
>
> One disables the account, the other sets an invalid password. I think
> that the manpage is quite clear about that.
>
> >Perhaps what I really should have asked is about the contents of
> >/etc/{passwd,shadow}'s password field for disabled accounts.
>
> One is "*", the other is "!". I never know which is which.* is disabled, IIRC, and ! is an invalid password (but would still allow logging in with, e.g, an ssh key). Or so my (often faulty) memory says. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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