questions about /etc/shadow

[Gaddis, Jeremy L.]

On 10/8/07, tech user <techwww at yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
> 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?

The asterisk means that no logons are permitted from that account.
Any attempt to login with the nobody account would fail.


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