On 27/09/2008, Björn Persson <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Don Russell wrote: ... >> Should I just change the "x" in passwd to * and call it a day? >> And if that's the case, surely the update process could have done that... >> but, it's not a big deal. > I suppose this change was made because disabling login in /etc/passwd was > considered cleaner than first referring to /etc/shadow and then disabling it > there. You can do the change if you like. I don't think I'll bother. No, the "change" is because pwconv moves the password into /etc/shadow. If you run "pwunconv" and then compare you'll find the files more similar :o) What I always do is just check to see if there's any account in the new file, and add it manually to /etc/passwd if it looks important. Not seen any changes in a while, though. > Björn Persson > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
