User details

saran_redhat · 05-05-2010, 12:06 AM

Hai Friends

user details are stored in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.apart from this any other files are contains user details . please advise me.

linuxunix · 05-05-2010, 12:38 AM

sky1987,

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saran,
There are other files like /etc/group, /etc/skel which does contain few more info.

vikas027 · 05-05-2010, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saran_redhat

Hai Friends

user details are stored in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.apart from this any other files are contains user details . please advise me.

These are the important files

Code:

- /etc/passwd
- /etc/passwd-  (Backup File of /etc/passwd)
- /etc/shadow
- /etc/shadow-  (Backup File of /etc/shadow)
- /etc/group     (To know the group of any user)

chrism01 · 05-05-2010, 09:10 PM

Note that if you run NIS or LDAP authentication, then user details will also be on the auth server.