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In linux, for security, while all user information (name, home dir, etc) is in the world-readable /etc/passwd file, the password related information (including password hash, expiry, etc.), is in the [...] file instead.
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/etc/shadow

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In linux, for security, while all user information (name, home dir, etc) is in the world-readable /etc/passwd file, the password related information (including password hash, expiry, etc.), is in the [...] file instead.
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In linux, for security, while all user information (name, home dir, etc) is in the world-readable /etc/passwd file, the password related information (including password hash, expiry, etc.), is in the [...] file instead.
Answer
/etc/shadow
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11. User Accounts and Ownerships
hat a common program will ever need--no regular user has permission to see the encrypted password field. The fields are colon separated just like the passwd file. Here is an example line from a <span>/etc/shadow file: jack:Q,Jpl.or6u2e7:10795:0:99999:7:-1:-1:134537220 jack The user's login name. Q,Jpl.or6u2e7 The user's encrypted password known as the hash of the password. This is the user's 8-

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