password in the /etc/group file

[john guardian]

has anyone ever seen/used this on an 11i-v<1-3> system? I've never seen it used, so just asking?

Thx.

[RickT_1]

John,

I have never used that part of the group file. There may be another reason for not using it, according to the manual, there isn't a tool for setting group passwords.

Rick

[Ismail Azad]

Hi john,

No one uses the "encrypted password" field on /etc/group especially on 11iv2 and v3 operating systems. You will see the same documented everywhere. However, one significant point you need to know is that this field must be present as a dummy field on /etc/group with two placeholders :: else it will corrupt your /etc/group file and will be reported by grpck.

Regards
Ismail Azad

[Ismail Azad]

Hi,

Just one more thing wanted to add in the previous post. On /etc/fstab, on modern operating systems no one uses the "backup frequency" field anymore. But you still need a placeholder 0 there, dont you?. It's pretty much similar here.

Regards
Ismail Azad

[Jose Mosquera]

Hi,

Are you refering about use asterisk's (*) character into second field of an entry?

In Name Service Switch (NIS) configurations:
The asterisk (*) in the password field prevents people from using the plus sign as a valid group name if NIS is not running.

For more information, type man 4 group at the HP-UX prompt. Also check this:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-1154/ch04s05.html#bjabfhff

Rgds.