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From: stanton@lurch.stanford.edu (Scott Stanton)
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Subject: Re: Passwords
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Date: 13 Jun 91 18:39:49 GMT
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On a related topic:

I've seen several articles here which mention "shadow password files".
Could some kind soul explain the meaning of this term?  

Thanks.

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--Scott Stanton     (stanton@cs.stanford.edu)   
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