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From: shek@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Wilson SHEK)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: questions about /etc/passwd
Message-ID: <2666@munnari.oz.au>
Date: 10 Nov 89 01:59:40 GMT
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Reply-To: shek@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Wilson SHEK)
Organization: Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne
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	In the /etc/passwd file, there are some strange entries following
the first line (which is usually the root), eg.

	daemon:*:1:1:the UniX Daemon:/:
	sys:*:2:2::/:/bin/csh
	bin:*:3:3::/bin:
	uucp:*:4:4::/var/spool/uucppublic:
	news:*:6:6::/var/spool/news:/bin/csh

	Who/what are they? Does the '*' in the password field have any
meaning?

	Just curious...
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