From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 28 07:39:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA28766 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 07:39:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gate.ljis.ml.org (cyberworld.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA28751 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 07:38:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk) Received: (from ljohnston@localhost) by gate.ljis.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02114; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 15:38:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ljohnston) Message-ID: <19980628153806.A2109@ljis.ml.org> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 15:38:06 +0100 From: Lee Johnston To: ddongbin@163.net, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: your mail References: <199806281040.SAA12962@public.nc.jx.cn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199806281040.SAA12962@public.nc.jx.cn>; from ddongbin@163.net on Sun, Jun 28, 1998 at 06:45:14PM +0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message