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A normal user, joe has the following record in the /etc/passwd file. What does the x indicate?

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DWQA Questions › Category: Introduction to Linux II › A normal user, joe has the following record in the /etc/passwd file. What does the x indicate?
A normal user, joe has the following record in the /etc/passwd file. What does the x indicate? joe:x:1021:1020:purchase_dept_user:/home/usr/joe:/bin/bash
  • Password for user joe is locked
  • Password for user joe is x
  • joe has not yet set his password
  • The encrypted password has been stored in the /etc/shadow file
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