AGRISCS@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Don Ingli) (01/02/90)
First of all, let me apologize for my last posting, I ran it through a speller/sentence restructurer that I am TRYING to write :-) and it did a good job of chopping up my sentences. What good is shadow?? Well the permissions for the shadow file are -r-------- 1 root sys 2267 Dec 21 14:49 /etc/shadow Root owns it and ONLY root can read it... thus no user can read it for encryption/decryption routines. This is a secure way for your machine to keep the hackers out of the passwds. To create this 2-file passwd scheme, look up the man page pwconv(1M). This is SYS V .. does anyone know if BSD has this also?? DON INGLI------------------------------------------------------------+ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE | bitnet: agriscs@umcvmb.bitnet internet: agriscs@umcvmb.missouri.edu | attmail: attmail!attbl!arpa!umcvmb.missouri.edu!agriscs | ALL OPINIONS IN THIS NOTE ARE OF MY OWN AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE | FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA -----------+
jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (01/03/90)
In article <21914@adm.BRL.MIL>, AGRISCS@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Don Ingli) writes: > This is SYS V .. does anyone know if BSD has this also?? BSD 4.3 doesn't have a shadow password scheme. However, it is included (and optional, I believe) in BSD 4.4. Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-4261 Home: 617-782-0710