Linux /etc/shadow encrypted password field - Revision history

Hutch at 18:12, 18 September 2007

Hutch — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:12:18 GMT

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-	Description of the encrypted password field in ''/etc/shadow'' on Linux systems:	+	Description of the encrypted password field in ''/etc/shadow'' on Red Hat Linux systems:

	* Contains only '''!''' or '''*''' -- account is locked; user is unable to login		* Contains only '''!''' or '''*''' -- account is locked; user is unable to login

Hutch — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:10:23 GMT

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-	* '''!''' or '''*''' -- account is locked; user is unable to login	+	Description of the encrypted password field in ''/etc/shadow'' on Linux systems:
-	* '''!!''' -- no password has been set; user is unable to login	+
		+	* Contains only '''!''' or '''*''' -- account is locked; user is unable to login
		+	* Contains only '''!!''' -- no password has been set; user is unable to login
		+	* Begins with '''!!''' -- password is locked by prefixing it with an invalid string ('''!'''), and can be unlocked using '''passwd -u'''
		+	* Begins with '''$1$''' -- password is encrypted using the MD5 hash algorithm
		+	* All others -- password is encrypted using the ''crypt'' library function
		+
		+	Links:
		+	* [http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/admin-primer/s1-acctsgrps-files.html Files Controlling User Accounts and Groups]

Hutch — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:05:04 GMT

New page: * '''!''' or '''*''' -- account is locked; user is unable to login * '''!!''' -- no password has been set; user is unable to login

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* '''!''' or '''*''' -- account is locked; user is unable to login
* '''!!''' -- no password has been set; user is unable to login