[Mailman-Users] Install Question
J C Lawrence
claw at kanga.nu
Tue Jan 8 23:13:00 CET 2002
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 14:40:27 -0600 (CST)
Tim Legg <mail_man at pc047113.stuorg.iastate.edu> wrote:
> Is there any reason the password must be a "*"? It seams that
> this could be a security risk. Couldn't anybody just login as
> mailman and know that the password is "*" and do all kinds of mean
> things?
'*', like '!' is a flag value that indicates that the account cannot
be authenticated with a password.
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J C Lawrence
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