Re: Cache /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group

[User for Free Radius mail list]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, 3APA3A wrote:

> 
> passwd  file  doesn't  contain  any passwords or hashes, so it's useless
> without shadow.

If you do not use shadow passwords it does keep encrypted passwords in the
passwd file. Check your man pages "man 5 passwd" and you will see the
second field "Optional encrypted password". This is the way it was long
before shadow passwords came about. The reason we do not use shadow
passwords on this server is beyond the scope of this email.

It would be nice to be able to cache this data for quick lookup.

Thanks,

Ken Rea


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