[icecast] A few Newbie Questions

[matt at yitiens.dhs.org]

My understanding is that the '*' in the password field in the passwd file
(or shadow file)
tells the OS that it's a non-loginable acct.  In other words you can't
directly login as that user.
So editing the passwd file manually is actually the easiest and most
secure option.  

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

matt

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Geoff Shang wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Sean /The RIMBoy/ wrote:
> 
> > You could do a simple adduser.  Then use your favorite editor and open up
> > the /etc/passwd file (again as root).  You'll need to read up on what each
> > of the fields are, but in short you'll want to * the password
> > field for that new user.  You'll also want to change the shell to
> > /bin/false.
> 
> 
> This would only work if passwords are stored in plain ASCII in the
> /etc/passwd file.  Frankly, anyone who allows that is asking for trouble
> (IMHO).  I'd highly recommend using the passwd and chsh commands to do the
> same thing.  Much less risky, since you don't really want to muck up
> /etc/passwd, do you.
> 
> Geoff.
> 
> 
> 
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