/etc/shadow and local users
Hello,As a normal user one cannot append or edit something in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow files as they have 400 permision code.But for a normal user the usage of passwd command changes his password which means that this edits the /etc/shadow files password field entry.How and what is passwd doing when it cannot have even read permission for /etc/shadow..is it have something to do with PAM...please answer..
Last edited by deepclutch; 12-22-2005 at 07:17 PM.
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