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Old 01-26-2004
shadowing
what does shadowing a file means? for instance gtty process reads /etc/psswd file and "shadow" password file(if it exists). i.e whats the difference between reading it and shadowing.
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Old 01-27-2004
I think your book is referring to the shadow file... you're not "shadowing" a file.

http://www.rt.com/man/shadow.5.html

https://www.unix.com/showthread.php?s...le+/etc/shadow
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Old 01-27-2004
user oombera,
thanks for your reply. yeah i understand now that its an encrypted file, and has information for password verification and etc.
a25khan
 
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