Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!mcovingt From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Passwords Message-ID: <1991Jun14.020440.9999@athena.cs.uga.edu> Date: 14 Jun 91 02:04:40 GMT References: <14907.28501E2D@fidogate.FIDONET.ORG> <1991Jun11.221113.14213@athena.cs.uga.edu> Organization: University of Georgia, Athens Lines: 11 A shadow password file is a second /etc/passwd hidden in some special place and accessible only to the login program. The regular /etc/passwd (needed to determine file ownership, etc.) then doesn't have any passwords in it, not even encrypted ones. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Michael A. Covington | Artificial Intelligence Programs The University of Georgia | Athens, GA 30602 U.S.A. -------------------------------------------------------