Do not use blank lines in /etc/passwd

[Don Steiny]

In article <2837 at rsch.WISC.EDU>, mcvoy at rsch.WISC.EDU (Lawrence W. McVoy) writes:
> > use nearly-blank lines like
> >
> >x:*:0:0:                                                             ::
> 
> Umm, could be sort of a security hole in itself:  if anyone can make a
> a match to the "*" you have let them enter the system as root (uid==0).

	I am sure many people will point this out, but '*' represents
the ENCRYPTIFIED password, which must have a two character key and thus
be at least 3 characters.   There is no possiblity of '*' ever being
a password.

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