Ignite-UX bug in HP-9000 Series700/800 running release HP-UX 11.X only. Each password field in /etc/passwd should be "*" in a trusted system. This is normally handled automatically. One way for the password field to be set to a blank is to create a system image of a trusted system with Ignite-UX and not save /etc/passwd.
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