[Adduser-devel] Bug#308881: --disabled-password writes ! in /etc/shadow

[Marc Haber]

severity #308881 minor
tags #308881 confirmed pending
thanks

Hi,

On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 02:19:47AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote:
>     adduser --system --disabled-password testuser
> 
> writes ! in the encrypted password field of /etc/shadow

This is the intended behavior, which is misdocumented in the manpage:

"The new system user will have the shell /bin/false (unless overridden
with the --shell option), and have a disabled password."

The new manpage now says:
"... and have logins disabled."

Greetings
Marc

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