/etc file permisions

pingvina · 02-27-2006, 11:12 AM

can 1one post me what should these files' permisisons loo like:

/etc/group
/etc/gshadow
/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow

tnx

Matir · 02-27-2006, 11:29 AM

Code:

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1163 Feb 22 17:35 /etc/group
-r--------  1 root root  925 Feb 22 17:35 /etc/gshadow
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2718 Feb 22 17:35 /etc/passwd
-rw-------  1 root root 1575 Feb 22 17:35 /etc/shadow

pingvina · 02-27-2006, 11:43 AM

tnx for help - tux happy

haertig · 02-27-2006, 11:43 AM

From a Debian (Sarge) system:

Code:

$ ls -l /etc/*shadow*
-rw-r-----  1 root shadow 576 2006-02-23 10:49 /etc/gshadow
-rw-------  1 root root   569 2006-02-23 10:49 /etc/gshadow-
-rw-r-----  1 root shadow 766 2006-02-23 10:49 /etc/shadow
-rw-------  1 root root   766 2006-02-23 10:49 /etc/shadow-
$ ls -l /etc/group
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 688 2006-02-23 10:49 /etc/group
$ ls -l /etc/passwd
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1134 2006-02-23 10:49 /etc/passwd

pingvina · 02-27-2006, 12:02 PM

tnx haertig, i have the same...
what are these files with "-" at the end??
backup?

haertig · 02-27-2006, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pingvina

what are these files with "-" at the end?? backup?

Apparently. I did not create them manually. Looks like Gnome's user/group management program must do this. I ran a diff on gshadow and gshadow- and found the only difference was one line. gshadow had my userid in one group while gshadow- did not. And that's the last thing I did with the user management tools - added myself to that group.

pingvina · 02-27-2006, 12:42 PM

yes, here they are also created automaticsly...
i don't know who/what created them...
so if they are not backup... they are used by the system, no??