2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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star out
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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v. [University of York, England] To replace a user's encrypted password in
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/etc/passwd with a single asterisk. Under Unix this is not a legal
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encryption of any password; hence the user is not permitted to log in. In
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general, accounts like adm, news, and daemon are permanently starred out ;
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occasionally a real user might have this inflicted upon him/her as a
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punishment, e.g. Graham was starred out for playing Omega in working hours.
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Also occasionally known as The Order Of The Gold Star in this context. Don't
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do that, or you'll be awarded the Order of the Gold Star... Compare
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disusered.
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