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Re: strange result when typing wrong password



Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@chello.se> writes:

> Use `login USER' to login, or `help' for more information.
> login> grep root /etc/passwd
> root:<encrypted password>:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
> 
> Anyone know why it is like this? Is it possible to use shadow-file?

Even if not using shadow passwords, it would make sense to make
/etc/password not readable by the not-logged-in user. You still need
to be able to query the passwd server though, otherwise login wouldn't
work.

/Niels


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