From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 7 11: 1:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtpe.casema.net (smtpe.casema.net [195.96.96.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C900A37B718 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 11:01:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from walter@binity.com) Received: (qmail 29027 invoked from network); 7 Mar 2001 19:01:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO slash.b118.binity.net) (212.64.76.200) by smtpe.casema.net with SMTP; 7 Mar 2001 19:01:17 -0000 Received: from tsunami.b118.binity.net (tsunami.b118.binity.net [172.18.3.10]) by slash.b118.binity.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F9F811A; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 19:59:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:01:23 +0100 From: Walter Hop X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.51) Educational X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <56363525492.20010307200123@binity.com> To: Christoph Sold Cc: "Houben,G.J.J. (Geert)" , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: A * as encrypted password? In-Reply-To: <3AA683B3.BC99C209@i-clue.de> References: <3AA683B3.BC99C209@i-clue.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [in reply to so@server.i-clue.de, 07-03-2001] >> Can I put with vipw a * as password? Or do I have to do that when I create >> it? > > Just make create the user, using any password you like. After that, edit > /etc/master.passwd, putting the "*" into the passwd field I believe just editing the master.passwd file without running pwd_mkdb(8) has no effect. The vipw tool runs some checks and does this for you. -- I DON'T CARE WHERE, JUST FAR To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message