Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 18:00:19 -0700 From: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where do all the passwd get saved ? Message-ID: <810a540e05020517004715999b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ef60af0905020516451ef87d66@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af0905020516451ef87d66@mail.gmail.com>
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/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 :) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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