Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /etc/shadow syntax

2005-06-06 Thread Zac Medico
--- Hans Hvelplund Odborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't mean to be rude or anything, but I've seen > many answers like this on > different mailinglist archives and everyone seems to > have an opinion of their > own regarding this. So I'd like to see documentation > of some sort. > > Ex

[gentoo-user] Re: /etc/shadow syntax

2005-06-06 Thread Hans Hvelplund Odborg
Michael Kjorling wrote: > The given password is encrypted, and then compared to whatever is in > the password field in /etc/shadow (or /etc/passwd). If they match, the > password is valid. So entering anything that cannot be valid into the > password field means that no password will be valid. > >