shadow - password file
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The shadow file has the same format as the passwd file, but most of the fields are left empty. The reason this file exist is so that the shadow file can be given file permissions such that the average user can not read it. The passwd file is left public so that programs like ls(1) can convert user ID’s to user names.The rest of the fields are left empty.
An entry looks like: user:password::::::: The different field are: user The username of the user password The password of the user in plain text
/vsta/etc/passwd - user account information
/vsta/etc/shadow - user passwords
login(1), passwd(1), passwd(6)
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