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Explain role of /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/groups files with respect to user administration.
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written 8.8 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k

Role of /etc/passwd file:

/etc/passwd file stores essential information, which is required during login i.e. user account information. /etc/passwd is a text file, that contains a list of the system’s accounts, giving for each account some useful information like user ID, group ID, home directory, shell, etc. It should have …

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