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From: Alec Kloss <alec@d2si.com>
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Subject: Re: encrypted password
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>   Hi...I'm new to BSD and I see that when you run vipw it shows the 
> encrypted passwords, but just a star when using vi....what file holds the 
> encrypted passwords?  I don't see /etc/shadow...thanks...Adam
> 
> 

They're stored in /etc/master.passwd.  Try man passwd for more info