Multiple Root ID's considered evil?

[Kenny Crudup]

>From article <435 at lxn.eds.com>, by bill at lxn.eds.com (Bill Doviak):
> After checking both PASSWD(4) and PASSWD(1), I can't determine the signifcance
> of an asterisk in the password field unless you wish to prevent logins
> entirely for that account. Is this the intention or is there some other
> purpose for the "*"?

In article <347 at galadriel.bt.co.uk> pcf at galadriel.bt.co.uk (Pete French) says:
>Yup - you got it !
>The star is 'traditional' for some reason. technically known as being
>'starred out'.

One day while bored at work, I got out a piece of paper and traced back
the DES crypt routine for some popular combinations of salt/key. If
anyone is intrested, I have the passwords that make *, x, X, and 13 X's
and 13 x's work. Send me E-mail.

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