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The master password file; the linux equivalent is the shadow password file. master.passwd should not be edited directly, you should instead use [[vipw]] which will call your default editor ([[ee]] or [[vi]], most likely,) allow you to edit the file and then check that the format is right before letting you save it. As in linux, /etc/passwd has the information that should be available publically (shell info, etc).
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'''Etc/master.passwd''' is the master password file on FreeBSD. Its Linux equivalent is the shadow password file. Don't ever edit master.passwd directly. Use [[vipw]], which calls the default editor (likely [[ee]] or [[vi]]) but checks for any format mistakes before allowing a save. As with Linux, /etc/passwd will have any public information such as shell info and so on.
  
 
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[[Category:Important Config Files|Master.passwd]]

Latest revision as of 07:27, 22 September 2010

Etc/master.passwd is the master password file on FreeBSD. Its Linux equivalent is the shadow password file. Don't ever edit master.passwd directly. Use vipw, which calls the default editor (likely ee or vi) but checks for any format mistakes before allowing a save. As with Linux, /etc/passwd will have any public information such as shell info and so on.

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