> > adding a new user with "useradd ..." will create two additional files > never removed: > > /etc/passwd- and /etc/shadow- > > Question: are these files only created for backup purposes, or is there > another reason for this? > > > Looking at a system I have recently added users to the /ect/passwd- and /etc/shadow- files are as they were prior to adding the users, so I would assume that they are created as a backup of the original state before the useradd procedure is actually committed.
Hopefully someone with better knowledge than me will be able to confirm this. Lewis
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