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's subclass of is recorded as delimiter-separated value format[4].
  • shadow password file's subclass of is recorded as database[5].
  • shadow password file's subclass of is recorded as configuration file[6].
  • shadow password file's subclass of is recorded as secret[7].
  • shadow password file's has part is recorded as hashed password[8].
  • shadow password file's has part is recorded as username[9].
  • shadow password file's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047q_t4[10].
  • shadow password file's described at URL is recorded as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passwd#Shadow_file[11].
  • shadow password file's facet of is recorded as Unix security[12].
  • shadow password file's used by is recorded as passwd[13].
  • shadow password file's different from is recorded as passwd[14].
  • shadow password file's different from is recorded as Q307510[15].
  • shadow password file's name is recorded as {'lang': 'zxx', 'text': '/etc/shadow'}[16].

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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]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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