In my Client's SuSE 9.0 on System Z, /etc/shadow contains either ! or * in its account password parameter.
for example: ! are at, ntp, wnn, postfix * are bin, daemon, ftp, uucp, mail, Most of the Linux Documents say, "if the value is ! or *, the account is locked and the user is not allowed to log in. ". I understand both ! and * accounts are locked and unabled to login. But what are the differences? Tomoyuki Yatsunami ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
