Yeah I agree, I think we should pick something sensible and document it in security(8).
Most people use "*" for disabled, how about something like "*nocheck"? On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:39:43AM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Alexander Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Set the encrypted password to ************* > >> > > > > Thank you Stuart for not recommending hacking away on /etc/security but > > instad provide the "correct" answer. :-) > > > > And while the awk-literate audience might have noticed that any > > 13-character string would suffice, I'd say "*************" is indeed the > > most prevalent form thereof. > > Blech. Talk about hacks, counting out 13 stars? We already have > special handling for skey, which I guess demonstrates it's used a fair > bit more than radius, but I'd like to get a quorum of developers to > agree on something better. All * looks to me like "extra disabled". > > For the OP, might I suggest "radiusenabled" for a bit of clarity?
