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BSDI pwd.db

schrodinger · 2003-01-05 21:19:47

Can someone tell me what the BSDi pwd.db file is for?

05-01-2003 9:19pm

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Can someone tell me what the BSDi pwd.db file is for?

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#2 05-01-2003 9:24pm

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its similar to the standard /etc/passwd file found on almost all Unix based systems and is unencrypted. There is a similar file called spwd.db and this contains encrypted passwords.

Paul

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#3 05-01-2003 9:28pm

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But how do I view it? I opened it in notepad but it's all messed up and stuff. The only distingushable text is the user names, groups and home dirs.

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#4 05-01-2003 9:39pm

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Use vim

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#5 05-01-2003 10:19pm

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I'm being serious here flame is there a way to view it?? Come on Paul be nice.

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#7 06-01-2003 1:44pm

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Can someone tell me what the BSDi pwd.db file is for?

In FreeBSD this is just an alternative form of the passwd file. It is stored in Berkeley DB (DataBase) format which is more efficient than flat files. This is why you should not just modifiy the passwd file using an editor, use vipw instead.

passwd(5), db(3) and perhaps pwd_mkdb(8) would be of use

I assume the same is true for BSDi as for FreeBSD as they are so closely related.

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