Re: Question about passwd file (Linux)

[Mavrofidis Manolis <mmavrofides () gmail com>]

Στις 8/2/2013 2:24 μμ, ο/η Arpita Gavshinde έγραψε:
> security-basics@securityfocus.comHi all,
>
> I have a question about passwd file in Linux where when 'x' for a particular user is deleted from /etc/passwd file, 
> system doesnot ask for password to log into the system. But when pasword is set again for that user again, then 
> instead of showing 'x' in /etc/passwd file, MD5 hash of new password is shown. Why is it so ?
>
>
> Thanks in advance
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X indicates that there is a passowrd set which can be found in the
/etc/shadow file. In general, passwords are stored in the etc/shadow
file and usually they are stored using crypt(). You can check the manual
and the parameter it takes to figure out if it is md5 hash or sha1 or
whatever.


Mavrofidis Manolis


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install and use a thawte Digital Certificate on your Apache web server. Throughout, best practices for set-up are 
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