questions about /etc/shadow

tech user techwww at yahoo.com.cn
Mon Oct 8 09:04:40 UTC 2007


Hello,

what's the difference between these two passwd fields in /etc/shadow?

nobody:*:13785:0:99999:7:::
dbus:!!:13785:0:99999:7:::

that's to say,what does '*' mean and what does '!!' mean in /etc/shadow?

thanks!



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