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Old 11-19-2005, 10:51 AM   #1
KitshiNg
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enhance security from passwd file


Dear all,

Hello, I am a beginner of Liniux, so I want to ask some stupid question.

How can you enhance the security of Linux from /etc/passwd file.

Thanks,
KitshiNg
 
Old 11-19-2005, 04:23 PM   #2
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what about it do you want to enhance? there's no passwords in there... no one can get in, and there's nothing bad about knowing what peopls shells / UID's are...
 
  


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