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I know now that on your UNIX you have a root but that dosent have any password before you activate it. You see... I am learning, so please dont be so sarkastic. //dont know how to spell it. But you did say something about passwd in there I found this.. But I dont know what it means: root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin: daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin: adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/log: Can someone tell me about it? |
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I haven't been a UNIX admin for more than 10 years but here is a very brief synopsis:
/etc/passwd contains UNIX logons, their encrypted passwords perhaps still on some systems, their UID, default GID, what's known as the gecos field (informational), and the user's home directory. /etc/shadow now days augments the /etc/passwd file by holding the encrypted version of the password. There are some common accounts on UNIX systems such as root, daemon, bin, sys, lp, etc. |
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username:passwordhash:uid:gid:undefined:homedir:loginshell When the password hash is x, that means it's stored somewhere else, possibly /etc/shadow. It's not stored plaintext, but as an unrecognizable hash. When someone tries to login, it hashes what they type and compares the hashes. You don't edit any of these files yourself, you use the passwd command. See 'man passwd'. |
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