Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 21:11:05 -0600 (MDT) From: John-David Childs <jdc@denver.net> To: Mail Lists <maillist@home.comhelp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: encrypted password Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970707210541.3132A-100000@milehigh.denver.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970707131854.11400A@home>
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On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Mail Lists wrote: > > Hi...I'm new to BSD and I see that when you run vipw it shows the > encrypted passwords, but just a star when using vi....what file holds the > encrypted passwords? I don't see /etc/shadow...thanks...Adam > /etc/master.passwd is the equivalent to /etc/shadow vipw edits /etc/master.passwd and rebuilds the hash database(s)...that's why nothing "changed" when you were editing (vi) the /etc/passwd file before. I highly recommend picking up "The Unix System Administrator's Handbook" version 2, by Evi Nemeth (and others). There is also "The FreeBSD Handbook", and the BSD4.4 paper manuals/documentation published by O'Reilly. See also all the documentation in /usr/share/doc -- John-David Childs (JC612) @denver.net/Internet-Coach System Administrator Enterprise Internet Solutions & Network Engineer 901 E 17th Ave, Denver 80218 "I used up all my sick days... so I'm calling in dead!"
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