hi, why, when i have the following:
machine:/etc# ls -la shadow -rw-r----- 1 root root 1761 Jan 9 10:34 shadow and then i run "passwd" to change my pasword are the permissions changed as such: machine:/etc# ls -la shadow -rw-r----- 1 root ppp 1761 Jan 9 10:34 shadow ?? group ppp has gid of 42 on my system and that includes all our users. i dont want our users to be able to see the shadow file but the permissions keep getting changed everytime i change someones password! help! Regards, Marc-Adrian Napoli Network Admin Connect Infobahn Australia +61 2 9212 0387