David Chin wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sam Varshavchik write >s: > >>Papo Napolitano writes: >> >>>As I don't trust plaintext passwords in files (no matter the permissions) I >>> >>If you don't trust POSIX permissions, well, it's time to give up on *NIX >>completely, and reformat and install NT. >> > >Um, then why are passwords in /etc/shadow encrypted? > >--Dave > > > >_______________________________________________ >courier-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > because if I'm not mistaken, everybody has to be able to read /etc/shadow, or there is some reason why those files need to be readable. And it's *more* securty.
But for webadmin password, POSIX permissions should be enough. _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
