From: "Dave Sherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Who is nobody? > > Actually, you need to check /etc/shadow for the passwords. However, you > will find that most of the ones you are talking about have an * in the > password field. This is to disable any logins with that user id -- so > noone can crack your system by logging in as 'apache'. Here is an excerpt of my /etc/shadow file: games:*:11513:0:99999:7::: named:*:11513:0:99999:7::: sympa:*:11513:0:99999:7::: gopher:*:11513:0:99999:7::: ftp:*:11513:0:99999:7::: nobody:*:11513:0:99999:7::: xfs:!!:11513:0:99999:7::: How come xfs has a !!, instead of a *? Thanks again, george
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