Creating New Users in RH 7.1

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They're in /etc/shadow.
At 02:03 PM 12/14/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Hello,
>This is what worked for me to create new users in rh 7.1. As root, type
>adduser username
>the directory /home/username was created with the default files and an
>entry was created in the /etc/passwd file. Next type:
>passwd username
>also as root. You can then enter the password you want for the new user.
>That's all there is to it.
>This brings me to a question about the passwd file. I don't see any actual
>passwords or anything that could be encrypted passwords, in it. Where are
>they stored?
>Thanks.
>John
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