On 05 Jun 2002 22:18:12 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels M�ller) wrote: > Niklas S�derlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Use `login USER' to login, or `help' for more information. > > login> grep root /etc/passwd > > root:<encrypted password>:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > > > > Anyone know why it is like this? Is it possible to use shadow-file? > > Even if not using shadow passwords, it would make sense to make > /etc/password not readable by the not-logged-in user. You still need > to be able to query the passwd server though, otherwise login wouldn't > work. > > /Niels Yup, but since /bin/login is suid:ed as root, it should be harmless to do chmod 640 /etc/passwd?
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