Re: [ILUG] shadow

From: Harry Moreau (hmoreau at domain iona.com)
Date: Fri 23 Apr 1999 - 09:49:18 IST


On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, poneil at domain netxn.com wrote:
>Is there any need for the shadowed password file to be readable by any other
>user than root?
>

It should not be readable by anyone but root in any circumstances, unless you
want to compromise your security.

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