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Date:      Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:01:23 +0100
From:      Walter Hop <walter@binity.com>
To:        Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
Cc:        "Houben,G.J.J. (Geert)" <G.Houben@fontys.nl>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: A * as encrypted password?
Message-ID:  <56363525492.20010307200123@binity.com>
In-Reply-To: <3AA683B3.BC99C209@i-clue.de>
References:  <C1E0E1EF0987D3119E720008C70D266601800AF0@fontmail02.fontys.nl> <3AA683B3.BC99C209@i-clue.de>

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[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.

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