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How come the initial root line from /etc/passwd file?

When you install openssh, it forces you to setup a root password.

But, just to know, how come this line before you set a password? With *, x or !?

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I personally don't understand what you are asking....
 
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#3
Just to tell me the 10 first characters in root line from /etc/passwd before install opensshd or after a total refresh.

Originally Posted by andree View Post
I personally don't understand what you are asking....
 
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what for? there probably is something like

root:*:root:/root:/bin/sh

by default, which only means you can't do `su`.. rootsh package adds sudo entry to enable root mode access; but openssh adds root account, because you can't have user account "password-protected" (because the system would fail to boot, afaik).

nothing special here, I think
 
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#5
That is ok. I read in somewhere that default root password is: rootme
 
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