Bug 53137

Summary:	inconsistent entries in /etc/shadow
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Chris Ricker <chris.ricker>
Component:	shadow-utils	Assignee:	Peter Vrabec <pvrabec>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Chris Ricker 2001-09-04 13:56:30 UTC

On a freshly-installed RC2 system, some disabled accounts contain "*" for
their encrypted passwd string in /etc/shadow, while others contain "!!".

This is apparently because pwconv uses "*", while useradd / adduser uses "!!".

Comment 1 Chris Ricker 2002-05-05 15:35:48 UTC

Still true with 7.3 gold

Comment 2 Chris Ricker 2002-10-04 22:10:35 UTC

True with RHL 8.0

Comment 3 Peter Vrabec 2005-10-04 11:13:31 UTC

Is there any problem with this? What should be in /etc/shadow and why?