-none- 2007-10-08 - By Gaddis, Jeremy L.
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On 10/8/07, tech user <techwww@(protected)> 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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