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nandam
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‎06-19-2006 07:27 PM

‎06-19-2006 07:27 PM

Regarding password

Hi,
Can you tell me where the password information stored and can you give me locations of Path for that file.
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MarkSyder
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‎06-19-2006 07:32 PM

‎06-19-2006 07:32 PM

Re: Regarding password

In the /etc/passwd file. The passwords are encrypted, so if you were thinking of reading them think again!

If you're using NIS, however, the passwd file may be in a different location (such as /var/yp on the NIS server).

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)
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Steven E. Protter
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‎06-19-2006 07:46 PM

‎06-19-2006 07:46 PM

Re: Regarding password

Shalom nandam,

Password info can be stored in /etc/shadow if you have shadow password depot installed.

If you have a trusted system its split into a lot of little files in a folder called /tcb

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Asif Chaudhary
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‎06-19-2006 08:16 PM

‎06-19-2006 08:16 PM

Re: Regarding password

/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow

Regards,
Asif Sharif
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