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Re: ssh

From	Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: ssh
Date	2018-11-20 03:20 +0100
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 12:12:50PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 09:43:29AM -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>>On Mon, 2018-11-19 at 08:38 -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
>>>On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:32:09AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>>>> If you're only going to login to the account using ssh keys, you
>>>> don't need to give it a valid password hash at all.  Just put a
>>>> string of rubbish (English words qualify) in the hash field of
>>>> /etc/shadow.
>>>
>>>Don't do that. Just use a *.
>>
>>Something that's always bugged me... is there any difference between
>>using * or ! (both are valid)?
>
>! locks the account, * is a convention that means "no password".

I should clarify that a bit: a ! locked account can't be used at all 
(assuming that all login methods respect that convention) whereas the * 
account can't use password authentication but may be able to use other 
mechanisms like ssh keys. A completely blank field indicates an empty 
password.

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Re: ssh David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-11-13 04:30 +0100
  Re: ssh Alan Taylor <ataylor@ieee.org> - 2018-11-13 05:40 +0100
    Re: ssh David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-11-13 08:40 +0100
      Re: ssh Alan Taylor <alan.james.taylor@gmail.com> - 2018-11-15 07:20 +0100
        Re: ssh David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-11-15 18:30 +0100
          Re: ssh Alan Taylor <alan.james.taylor@gmail.com> - 2018-11-17 05:30 +0100
            Re: ssh Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk> - 2018-11-18 13:00 +0100
              Re: ssh Alan Taylor <alan.james.taylor@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 03:50 +0100
                Re: ssh Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk> - 2018-11-19 08:40 +0100
                Re: ssh john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-11-19 09:50 +0100
                Re: ssh Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-11-19 14:40 +0100
                Re: ssh Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2018-11-19 15:50 +0100
                Re: ssh Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-11-19 18:20 +0100
                Re: ssh Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2018-11-19 19:10 +0100
                Re: ssh Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-11-20 03:20 +0100
                Re: ssh Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-19 14:40 +0100

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