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Password file

User account Log into Passwd name service File system permissions Superuser

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Shadow file

Linux BSD Cleartext Telnet Grep

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History

SunOS System V Su Xenix Back ends

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Overview

Command Unix Plan 9 Inferno Unix-like

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Developers: Various open-source and commercial developers
Operating system: Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno
Original author: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Platform: Cross-platform
Type: Command

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Overview

Command Command (computing)
Unix
Plan 9 Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Inferno Inferno (operating system)
Unix-like
Operating systems Operating system
Password
Key derivation function
Hashed version Hash function
Produce the same hash Collision resistance
Cryptographic hash functions Cryptographic hash function
NIS Network Information Service
Kerberos Kerberos (protocol)
LDAP

Password file

User account User (computing)
Log into Login
Passwd name service Passwd (database)
File system permissions
Superuser
Text file
Line Line (text file)
Colons Colon (punctuation)
Logname
Shadow password Passwd
User identifier User identifier (Unix)
Group identifier Group identifier (Unix)
Gecos field
Home directory
Command line interpreters Command line interpreter
Shells Shell (computing)

Shadow file

History

SunOS
System V
Su Su (Unix)
Xenix
Back ends Front and back ends
Pluggable authentication modules Pluggable authentication module
MD5
Blowfish Blowfish (cipher)
SHA256
SHA512

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Nodes61

Edges60

Triples49

Avg. degree1.97

Density0.032787

Components1

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Passwd

Top relations

related to Shadow file · 12

Passwd → BSD, For, However, Linux, One, Root, Systems, The, Typically, Unix, Unix-like, Virtually

related to history · 9

Passwd → BSD4, But, Password, Prior, Release, Reno, SunOS, System, Unix

related to External links · 8

Passwd → FreeBSD General Commands Manualpasswd, Inferno General, Manual, Manualauthconfig, Plan, Programmer's Manual, Unix First Edition, Volume

related to Password file · 2

Passwd → In, The/etc/passwdfile

Developers · 1

Passwd → Various open-source and commercial developers

Operating system · 1

Passwd → Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno

Original author · 1

Passwd → AT&T Bell Laboratories

Platform · 1

Passwd → Cross-platform

Type · 1

Passwd → Command

is a · 1

Passwd → command on Unix

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Important terminology

password user passwords systems used file hashed system unix may users shadow authentication operating command account one hash also etc

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Passwd	Developers	Various open-source and commercial developers	1.00	infobox
Passwd	Operating system	Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno	1.00	infobox
Passwd	Original author	AT&T Bell Laboratories	1.00	infobox
Passwd	Platform	Cross-platform	1.00	infobox
Passwd	Type	Command	1.00	infobox
Passwd	is a	command on Unix	0.90	text
NIS	instance of	can also be used to change passwords managed in a distributed authentication mechanism	0.80	text
Kerberos	instance of	can also be used to change passwords managed in a distributed authentication mechanism	0.80	text
or LDAP	instance of	can also be used to change passwords managed in a distributed authentication mechanism	0.80	text
username-to-userid mappings	instance of	this would restrict access to other data in the file	0.80	text
which would break many existing utilities	instance of	this would restrict access to other data in the file	0.80	text
provisions	instance of	this would restrict access to other data in the file	0.80	text

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