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Date:      Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:58:20 -0500
From:      "Stephen Hilton" <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
To:        "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        "Philip Hallstrom" <philip@adhesivemedia.com>
Subject:   RE: Dollar sign in passwd file question...
Message-ID:  <KPEMJADBBBFPDEDOIOMBGEHGCOAA.nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010912162651.F28325-100000@teak.adhesivemedia.com>

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> Hi -
> 	I know what the dollar sign means, but I'm curious as to why it's
> using them in my passwd file.  In particular, it's only doing it for some
> of the passwords and on certain machines (all using the same snapshot to
> install, all recently setup the same way).
>

Philip,

Are these FreeBSD systems using Samba? this could be a reason for the "$"
following a name in the passwd file. Also the encrypted password may contain
a dollar sign among other characters.

Regards,

Stephen Hilton


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