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On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:50:32AM -0500, Chandler, Scott wrote: > We've got a system which is being audited for SOX compliance. The auditors are asking about entries in the shadow file. For the users haldaemon and messagebus, the password section contains a single x. Note, this is the shadow file, not the passwd file. Any idea what that x denotes? > > haldaemon:x:14517:0:99999:7:::0 > messagebus:x:14517:0:99999:7:::0 The shadow file holds the actual (encrypted) passwords if you're using shadow passwords. That "x" is a standin for the encrypted password; because it's there, there is no valid password for those accounts and they cannot do password-based login. Nathan > > Thanks, > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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