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Date:      Sun, 28 Jun 1998 15:38:06 +0100
From:      Lee Johnston <ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk>
To:        ddongbin@163.net, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <19980628153806.A2109@ljis.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <199806281040.SAA12962@public.nc.jx.cn>; from ddongbin@163.net on Sun, Jun 28, 1998 at 06:45:14PM %2B0800
References:  <199806281040.SAA12962@public.nc.jx.cn>

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On Sun, Jun 28, 1998 at 06:45:14PM +0800, ddongbin@163.net wrote:
> which file is the passwords of users saved in?
> they are not in file "/etc/passwd",is it right?
> How can i add the security of  passwords of users?

The actual passwords are in /etc/master.passwd, but in order to keep
both /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd up-to-date use the utility
called vipw, to alter the password files.


Hope this helps,

Lee.

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