star out: v. [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 the 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..."
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