Etc/master.passwd
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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. | '''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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Revision as of 06:49, 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.
Good writing skills are in great demand nowadays, so if you consider yourself to be a good writer and would like to have some extra income, try to become our freelance writer. Freelance writing jobs isn't that easy to do as it may seem from the first sight, but the fees are quite high to reward hard work.
