[NTLUG:Discuss] Default password?

[Frank Lewis Jr.]

Unless you specify not to set a password, or change the password after a
new account is created, the default for most linux distributions is to
*LOCK* all new accounts until the password is set or the account is
otherwise unlocked by the system admin.

-Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org] On Behalf
Of Neil Aggarwal
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 4:22 PM
To: NTLUG
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Default password?

Hello:

When I create a user on my RedHat 7.2 system via the command:

/usr/sbin/useradd [login]

The shadow file has !! for the password.

I thought that a loging without a password should have
the asterisk (*) character instead of a password.

What does the !! stand for?

Thanks,
	Neil.


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Neil Aggarwal
JAMM Consulting, Inc.    (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com
Custom Internet Development    Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases

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