[ncolug] Re: /etc/shadow !! in password file
- From: nor thern <zboson2003@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:09:16 -0700 (PDT)
--- On Thu, 6/20/13, M. Knisely <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: M. Knisely <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ncolug] /etc/shadow !! in password file
> To: "ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 7:49 AM
> I know that the ! can mean
> that the password field is blank or disabled... what I need
> to do is to use the passwd command to get it to write a !!
> in the password field of /etc/shadow.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Mike K.
> PS: Yes, I have googled it... extensively.
> PPS: Yes, I know I can, as root, edit
> /etc/shadow and do it manually. Trust me when I say that
> there are reasons I don't want to do that unless I
> absolutely have to.
>
> echo \!\! > shadowtest
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