Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd

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From: Palmer Davis
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 14:08

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In article <1991Jun12.112633.14888@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> crissl@rulcvx.LeidenUniv.nl (Stefan Linnemann) writes:
>
>in /etc/passwd there are passwords.
>

Not always.  System V moves the password information out of /etc/passwd
and into /etc/shadow, using /etc/passwd only for the other information
it stores about users, like groups and login shells.

Since they suspended this guy, I assume that it was a BSD system's
/etc/passwd, though....

-- PTD --
-- 
Palmer Davis <davis@po.cwru.edu>     I'm probably wrong, so don't blame INS.
CWRU Information Network Services                 Life is short.
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