What is a 'system account file'?
Avi Greenbury
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Thu Feb 11 12:23:10 UTC 2010
Detlef Lechner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> man usermod: "DESCRIPTION: The usermod command modifies the system
> account files to reflect the changes that are specified on the command
> line."
...
> What is a 'system account file'?
There's three, as pertaining to users, generally:
/etc/passwd user configuration
/etc/groups group configuration
/etc/shadow user passwords
/etc/gshadow secure group configuration
There's more info here:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/admin-primer/s1-acctsgrps-files.html
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