Not an unix expert, I read a few pages on the web about passwd files, but I didn't find the answers I need about the last 8 lines of the passwd file I'm taking a look at.
I'm assuming their shortcuts to another file that may have the actual usernames of users on the system.
Please, any help would be much appreciated
Hi all,
As all of us know that in /etc/passwd file the first field correspond to username
could any one tell me what is bin , damoen etc in the first field, and r they in
user field , what is nologin in the last column ?
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash ... (4 Replies)
Hi Folks ,
Would be grateful if someone could help me out in one of the question that came to my mind . If the /etc/passwd file has been deleted and the system has been rebooted . Then i dont think that any user would be able to login and the system will be useless . Whats the best solution for... (5 Replies)
Hi
How the user is allowed to change his password with passwd command, although /etc/passwd has read only rights. How this file gets modified upon changing password???
Thanks in advance for this query (1 Reply)
i am using apache2.0, and i used this command to create username/passwd:
./htpasswd -b passwd.file username password
is it away to translate password back to plaintext ?
for example, passwd.file contains:
username:HnennjvqsGaQs
i want to translate back to:
username:password (1 Reply)
Hi Folks,
I have Solaris 10, latest release.
We have passwd aging set in /etc/defalut/passwd.
I have an account that passwd should never expire. Acheived by emptying associated users shadow file entries for passwd aging.
When I reset the users passwd using passwd command, it re enables... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
Yet another problem on one of my nodes.
I am unable to open my password file .It shows some junk alphabets.
root@ecosdp26a>cat /etc/passwd... (10 Replies)
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Sort the file /etc/passwd using the fourth field (group ID) as the primary sort, and the third field (user ID),... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I'm trying to recover my /etc/passwd file, but I can't make it work. Im doing the following:
1. Booting from cd-rom:
2. Mounting hard disk drive
3. Copying my passwd and shadow files to /a/etc/
4. Unmounting Hard disk:
5. Rebooting
6. Stopping my OS from booting ( by pressing... (11 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT BSD
uupoll
UUPOLL(8) System Manager's Manual UUPOLL(8)NAME
uupoll - poll a remote UUCP site
SYNOPSIS
uupoll [ -ggrade ] [ -n ] system
DESCRIPTION
Uupoll is used to force a poll of a remote system. It queues a null job for the remote system and then invokes uucico(8).
The following options are available:
-ggrade Only send jobs of grade grade or higher on this call.
-n Queue the null job, but do not invoke uucico.
Uupoll is usually run by cron(5) or by a user who wants to hurry a job along. A typical entry in crontab could be:
0 0,8,16 * * * /usr/bin/uupoll ihnp4
0 4,12,20 * * * /usr/bin/uupoll ucbvax
This will poll ihnp4 at midnight, 0800, and 1600, and ucbvax at 0400, noon, and 2000.
If the local machine is already running uucico every hour and has a limited number of outgoing modems, a more elegant approach might be:
0 0,8,16 * * * /usr/bin/uupoll -n ihnp4
0 4,12,20 * * * /usr/bin/uupoll -n ucbvax
5 * * * * /usr/sbin/uucico -r1
This will queue null jobs for the remote sites at the top of hour; they will be processed by uucico when it runs five minutes later.
FILES
/etc/uucp/ UUCP internal files
/usr/spool/uucp/ Spool directory
SEE ALSO uucp(1), uux(1), uucico(8)4.3 Berkeley Distribution October 23, 1996 UUPOLL(8)