Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 02:11:24 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where do all the passwd get saved ? Message-ID: <20050206011123.GA57234@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <810a540e05020517004715999b@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af0905020516451ef87d66@mail.gmail.com> <810a540e05020517004715999b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 06:00:19PM -0700, Pat Maddox wrote: > /etc/passwd is a system file that just lists accounts. Having the > passwords in there is insecure because it has to be readable by > everyone. In linux systems, the actual passwords are in /etc/shadow. > > I don't know exactly how FreeBSD handles passwords. I don't even > think it uses /etc/passwd (only there for compatibility with some > linux software?), and instead keeps everything in a hashed database > file. My guess is that all the passwords are in spwd.db. > > But I don't know that for sure :) Hopefully somebody else can clarify this. > > > > > On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:45:09 +0100, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought it was /etc/passwd but that seemed not to be where i was > > looking for :) RTFM, the passwd(5), passwd(1), pwd_mkdb(8) and vipw(8) manpages in particular. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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