[NTLUG:Discuss] root password in Knoppix

[Terry]

> with grep and look for an asterisk in the second field:
> 
>   root at tty1[/]# grep -e root -e knoppix /etc/shadow
>   root:*:11456:0:99999:7:::
>   knoppix:*:11593:0:99999:7:::

>From the above, I assume that * is the same as nothing at all?
i.e.
root:*:11456:0:99999:7:::
would be same as
root::11456:0:99999:7:::
and therefore the  "*" is just something like a placeholder?