On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 06:00:19PM -0700, Pat Maddox wrote: > /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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought it was /etc/passwd but that seemed not to be where i was > > looking for :)
RTFM, the passwd(5), passwd(1), pwd_mkdb(8) and vipw(8) manpages in particular. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
