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shadow password file

plain-text database that stores password hashes for local users on Unix-like systems
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shadow password file

Summary

shadow password file is a file format[1]. It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • shadow password file's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • shadow password file is a type of delimiter-separated value format[4].
  • shadow password file is a type of database[5].
  • shadow password file is a type of configuration file[6].
  • shadow password file is a type of secret[7].
  • shadow password file comprises hashed password[8].
  • shadow password file comprises username[9].
  • shadow password file's described at URL is recorded as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passwd#Shadow_file[10].
  • shadow password file's facet of is recorded as Unix security[11].
  • shadow password file's used by is recorded as passwd[12].
  • shadow password file's different from is recorded as passwd[13].
  • shadow password file's different from is recorded as Q307510[14].
  • shadow password file's name is recorded as {'lang': 'zxx', 'text': '/etc/shadow'}[15].

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Designation and Status

shadow password file's instance of is recorded as file format[3].

Why It Matters

shadow password file is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Related Entities

Unix security

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · KenntnisseSchüler · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Subclass of → delimiter-separated value format, database, configuration file +1
    Subclass of → —
    Facet of → Unix security
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q936292]]"
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