>>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2007 at 3:28 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > Also in his (and others) shadow file he has * as his encrypted password, > does this have special value? > nobody:*:13725:0:99999:7:::
Yes. It's a value that the hashing/encryption algorithms will never produce for a real password, so the nobody account will never be able to login to the system. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
