Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:34:10 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Nathan Mace <nmace85@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: shadow passwords Message-ID: <20011002153410.A92785@jonc.itouch> In-Reply-To: <20011001232941.5db52eb7.nmace85@yahoo.com>; from nmace85@yahoo.com on Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 11:29:41PM -0400 References: <20011001232941.5db52eb7.nmace85@yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 11:29:41PM -0400, Nathan Mace wrote:
> does freebsd support shadow passwords?
FreeBSD does not show the encrypted password in /etc/passwd. It's stored
in /etc/master.passwd, and the only way you can see it is if you've got
root privileges. And if someone has root, the system's open to them.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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