Which of the following characters in the password field of /etc/passwd is used to indicate that the encrypted password is stored in /etc/shadow?

An asterisk * or an exclamation mark ! in the password field typically indicates that the account is locked or disabled, preventing login.

A hyphen - is not a standard character used to indicate a shadowed password.

The letter s is not a standard character used to indicate a shadowed password.

The x character in the password field of /etc/passwd serves as a placeholder to signify that the user's encrypted password is not stored directly in this file for security reasons. Instead, the real password hash is securely kept in the /etc/shadow file, which has more restricted permissions.