Password authentication systems

Paul Rubin http
Fri Aug 11 02:15:29 EDT 2006


AlbaClause <you at cogeco.ca> writes:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that all Linux passwords are
> encrypted whether you enable shadow passwords or not.   I believe that when
> you enable shadow passwords, the encrypted passwords are stored in a file
> other than 'passwd'.  Is this not correct?

Yes.



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