[ale] passwd and shadow

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 11:29 -0400, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> I would expect not, because you can kill a line in /etc/passwd and
> have it immediately available. (or gone :) )

	Yeah but the file is still in drive cache, just updated, so, of course.

> --j

	Mike

> 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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