Multiple Root ID's considered evil?
Pete French
pcf at galadriel.bt.co.uk
Thu Sep 14 19:37:16 AEST 1989
>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 "*"?
Yup - you gotit !
The star is 'traditional' for some reason. technically known as being
'starred out'.
-Pete.
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