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What are “Shadow passwords\ or the “Shadow suite\?

April 26, 2017passwords Suite

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What are “Shadow passwords\ or the “Shadow suite\?

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In some Unix systems, including certain distributions of Linux, the encrypted password is stored in the file /etc/passwd, which any user can (and must be able to) read. In a shadow-password system, the encrypted password is removed from /etc/passwd, and stored in /etc/shadow, which only root can read. This makes life that much harder for any would-be password crackers.