there's no such way to get the current password, besides /etc/passwd (or shadow ???) uses some kind of 'oneway hash' algo to store password meaning you cannot retrieve it in clear text, for knowing the currernt user just type
I want to know the command through which we can know the expiry date
of the password.
I tried chage but it is not working on my system please provide
necessary information
I am not using root
I need info on user level (2 Replies)
I am able to run the UNIX commands in a Windows box from a UNIX box through "SSH" functionality. But whenever the SSH connection is established between UNIX and Windows, password for windows box is being asked.
Is there a way to avoid asking password whenever the SSH connection is made? Can I... (1 Reply)
Hi sir,
i need help in scripting..
i have 30 users like below
eda01
eda02
eda03
eda04
.....
......
eda30
I want to reset all users password start with eda01 until eda30 to default password 1234
how do i do this using script,
i dunt want system prompt me for password..
i am... (5 Replies)
Hi
our unix admin has copied all files from one unix box to new unix box. We just need to confirm that all the file systems are copied properly. How to validate. (9 Replies)
Hi All,
Am using the following command to add a user in Unix box
useradd -d <default_path> -g 90 -p <pwd for the user> <user_name>
But am getting an error while using this command by root user.Let me know if this cmd is right or else is there any other command to add a user in unix... (9 Replies)
Does anyone know a simple way to find out the expiry date of my UNIX user password?
I do not have root access to the box.
Surely there is a way to so this... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I want to determine whether my java application is pointing to the OS version of Java or the User installed Java version on my Unix box.
I am aware of the "java -version" command, however I am unsure if the version returned is the OS one or the user one.
Please help.
Ali. (5 Replies)
Hi,
Please help me with script that does the following:
i)The script will be called from server path:- /apps/di/dev/scripts
ii)The script will copy all the files starting from SPCA_ALL_CPC*.csv from another server and move to /apps/di/dev/import/regrind_SPCA_new
Many thanks (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Alok Ranjan
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
passwd
PASSWD(5) File Formats and Conversions PASSWD(5)NAME
passwd - the password file
DESCRIPTION
/etc/passwd contains one line for each user account, with seven fields delimited by colons (":"). These fields are:
o login name
o optional encrypted password
o numerical user ID
o numerical group ID
o user name or comment field
o user home directory
o optional user command interpreter
The encrypted password field may be blank, in which case no password is required to authenticate as the specified login name. However, some
applications which read the /etc/passwd file may decide not to permit any access at all if the password field is blank. If the password
field is a lower-case "x", then the encrypted password is actually stored in the shadow(5) file instead; there must be a corresponding line
in the /etc/shadow file, or else the user account is invalid. If the password field is any other string, then it will be treated as an
encrypted password, as specified by crypt(3).
The comment field is used by various system utilities, such as finger(1).
The home directory field provides the name of the initial working directory. The login program uses this information to set the value of
the $HOME environmental variable.
The command interpreter field provides the name of the user's command language interpreter, or the name of the initial program to execute.
The login program uses this information to set the value of the $SHELL environmental variable. If this field is empty, it defaults to the
value /bin/sh.
FILES
/etc/passwd
User account information.
/etc/shadow
optional encrypted password file
/etc/passwd-
Backup file for /etc/passwd.
Note that this file is used by the tools of the shadow toolsuite, but not by all user and password management tools.
SEE ALSO crypt(3), getent(1), getpwnam(3), login(1), passwd(1), pwck(8), pwconv(8), pwunconv(8), shadow(5), su(1), sulogin(8).
shadow-utils 4.1.5.1 05/25/2012 PASSWD(5)