On 01/12/2012 12:05 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
Hi all, adding a new user with "useradd ..." will create two additional files never removed: /etc/passwd- and /etc/shadow- Question: are these files only created for backup purposes, or is there another reason for this?
/etc/passwd is world-readable, and contains the basic account info (id, real name, home folder).
/etc/shadow is root-only-readable, and contains the password info. They are separate to improve security. They are not backups. Those are the main files for local authentication. - Mike -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
