Disabled user account?

[centosNewbie]

New to Linux I want to make sure I got this right.  I added user accounts to the server for email purposes and just added a .forward file in the user directory to forward all emails, leaving nothing on the server.
The users were added without a password.  Is my understanding correct that, by creating a user without a password, it disables the account and therefore nobody can log in with those usernames?
Your help is appreciated.

[Linux User#485948]

Not sure but I believe CentOS is based on Red Hat Enterprise, or maybe Slackware? Either way these are pretty high end enterprise worthy systems. I run SuSE and the server would slap me bald headed, actually I don't think it will let me create pass-wordless user accounts, that’s the concept behind dummy passwords.

Suspect you'll have to sign in as root and modify or delete accounts, but recover the .forward emails from your endpoints first, this would be an excellent opportunity to develop a relationship with the CentOS users community.

[centosNewbie]

Thanks, I registered at CentOS as well.  Apparently a user created without a password has in fact an unguessable password but it was suggested that I prohibit logins for these users just to be sure so that's what I did.
Appreciate your response.

[Linux User#485948]

Thanks, I registered at CentOS as well.  Apparently a user created without a password has in fact an unguessable password but it was suggested that I prohibit logins for these users just to be sure so that's what I did.
Appreciate your response.

I'm glad it worked out for you, hope the email recovery wasn't like having a molar pulled, at least we pointed in the right direction,
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