On Mon, 2018-11-19 at 08:38 -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:32:09AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > If you're only going to login to the account using ssh keys, you > > don't need to give it a valid password hash at all. Just put a > > string of rubbish (English words qualify) in the hash field of > > /etc/shadow. > > Don't do that. Just use a *.
Something that's always bugged me... is there any difference between using * or ! (both are valid)? -Jim P.