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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 14:07:36 -0700 (PDT)
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To: Alec Kloss <alec@d2si.com>
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Subject: Re: encrypted password
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  Hi....thanks and thanks everybody else for the quick help!  Adam

On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Alec Kloss wrote:

> Mail Lists is responsible for:
> > 
> >   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
> 
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