[University of York, England] To replace a user's encrypted password
in /etc/passwd with a single asterisk. Under Unix this is not a legal
encryption of any password; hence the user is not permitted to log
in. In general, accounts like adm, news, and daemon are permanently
"starred out"; occasionally a real user might have this inflicted
upon him/her as a punishment, e.g. "Graham was starred out for
playing Omega in working hours". Also occasionally known as The Order
Of The Gold Star in this context. "Don't do that, or you'll be
awarded the Order of the Gold Star..." Compare {disusered}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {disusered}]