Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:13:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Cesar KMo Prueba <cesar@mail.uigv.edu.pe> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pwd.db Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909280912320.1064-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <199909271630.VAA02795@mail.uigv.edu.pe>
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In freebsd the encrypted password is there - in master.passwd =- master.passwd IS sorta a shadow password file. On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Cesar KMo Prueba wrote: > > Thanks FreeBSD\' Gurus: > > Thanks, so now I understand why FreeBSD is powerful. > Now, the next one question is: > > In Perl there are the function crypt($word, $salt), > that encrypt the one \"word\" using a \"salt\" to create > encrypt password, that in Solaris 2.X is generally put > on the file /etc/shadow. How I can do the same in > FreeBSD? > > > Thanks in advance > > -Cesar > Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>: > > > > > > > On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 cesar@mail.uigv.edu.pe wrote: > > > > > hi FreeBSD gurus: > > > > > > Are there relation betwen /etc/passwd > and /etc/pwd.db? > > > > > > > Yes - from master.passwd is created passwd, and the > pwd.db and the > > shadowed version - the former are for legacy programs > that want direct > > file access, the latter for programs and system > issues done in the db > > format for speed. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega UIGV > http://www.uigv.edu.pe Lima - Peru > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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