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The shadow file provides more secure storage for the user's password (which would otherwise be in /etc/passwd). When the password field of an entry in /etc/passwd is empty, /etc/shadow must contain a corresponding entry with the same user name but a non-empty encrypted password.

username:password:

The following list explains the required fields:

username

The user's login name, not more than eight characters.

password

The user's password, in an encrypted form that is generated by the UNIX passwd function.

EXAMPLE

Here is a sample shadow password file entry:

  dave:Qs5I6pBb2rJDA:

SEE ALSO

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