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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>star out</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="Stanford-Bunny.html" title="Stanford Bunny"/><link rel="next" href="state.html" title="state"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">star out</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Stanford-Bunny.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="state.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="star-out"/><dt xmlns="" id="star-out"><b>star out</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [University of York, England] To replace a user's encrypted password
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in /etc/passwd with a single asterisk. Under Unix this is not a legal
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encryption of any password; hence the user is not permitted to log in. In
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general, accounts like adm, news, and daemon are permanently “<span class="quote">starred
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out</span>”; occasionally a real user might have this inflicted upon
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him/her as a punishment, e.g. “<span class="quote">Graham was starred out for playing
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Omega in working hours</span>”. Also occasionally known as The Order Of The
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Gold Star in this context. “<span class="quote">Don't do that, or you'll be awarded the
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Order of the Gold Star...</span>” Compare
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<a href="../D/disusered.html"><i class="glossterm">disusered</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Stanford-Bunny.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="state.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Stanford Bunny </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> state</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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