Understanding The Etc Shadow File In Linux Tecadmin
The /etc/shadow file contains one line for each user account, with the fields being separated by a colon (:). The below screenshot shows the number of fields in an entry: A basic overview of all the fields in the /etc/shadow file is as follows: Username: The name of the user account. Encrypted password: The encrypted password for the user account. The encrypted password is stored using a one-way hashing function, so it is not possible to retrieve the original password from the encrypted version....