[ale] passwd and shadow

[Jeff Lightner]

Which reminds me of the old Asian song sung by lounge singers:  Myanmar
Shadow...

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Jerald Sheets
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:30 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] passwd and shadow

 

I would expect not, because you can kill a line in /etc/passwd and have
it immediately available. (or gone :) )

 

--j

 

 

 

On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Terry Bailey wrote:





Hi,

After booting, do copies of the passwd and shadow files reside in RAM?

Thanks,

Terry Bailey

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