From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 27 8: 8: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F8A114E40 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 1999 08:07:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA00780; Mon, 27 Sep 1999 11:07:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 11:07:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey To: cesar@mail.uigv.edu.pe Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pwd.db In-Reply-To: <7so0na$hqt6@eGroups.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 cesar@mail.uigv.edu.pe wrote: > hi FreeBSD gurus: > > Are there relation betwen /etc/passwd and /etc/pwd.db? > Yes - from master.passwd is created passwd, and the pwd.db and the shadowed version - the former are for legacy programs that want direct file access, the latter for programs and system issues done in the db format for speed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message