PAM - It's NOT The Non-Stick Cooking Spray

To combat brute force password cracking attempts in Unix, shadow passwords were introduced. While the user specific information remained in the /etc/passwd file, the encrypted password and other sensitive information was moved to an /etc/shadow file that was only readable by 'root'. This change in...

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Susanne Ramsey

November 28, 2001

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