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  • 1.  User ID with hash symbol (#) in passwd

    Posted Tue July 10, 2012 10:30 AM

    Originally posted by: anonymice1234


    Hi,

    I'm looking at a passwd file of an AIX server and I notice that there are user IDs with the hash (#) symbol. e.g. #operator_1.

    What does this mean? Is the user disabled? Thanks.
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  • 2.  Re: User ID with hash symbol (#) in passwd

    Posted Tue July 10, 2012 12:50 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    so the line starts with the hash symbol?
    if thats the case then this looks like somebody wanted to comment out this line altough im fairly sure that comments are not allowed in /etc/passwd file.
    perhaps its the username itself starts with a #
    can you log in with this users credentials?
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  • 3.  Re: User ID with hash symbol (#) in passwd

    Posted Tue July 10, 2012 01:34 PM

    Originally posted by: ColombianJoker


    Try
    usrck -t ALL
    pwdck -t ALL

    And help the system heal itself
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