In message <87lngxtgl1.fsf@jekyll.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
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>Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> writes:
>> I'm looking at src/etc/master.passwd from _before_ the recent change.
>> "root" has no password.  "toor" has a * in the encrypted passwd field.
>
>That's "no password".

"::" is "no password needed", ":*:" is "no password accepted".  Both are "no
password", and I'm surpised this particular thread has lasted as long as it
has.

-s