From c1b273fce8835d881aadef26a3a89ed793e868b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:01:11 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] passwd.5: Correct note on passwd field value when shadowing is enabled When password shadowing is enabled, the password field contains an 'x' (not a "8'). Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man5/passwd.5 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man5/passwd.5 b/man5/passwd.5 index c2da9564a..855e83516 100644 --- a/man5/passwd.5 +++ b/man5/passwd.5 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ hardware was too slow to crack a well-chosen password, and moreover the basic assumption used to be that of a friendly user-community. These days many people run some version of the shadow password suite, where .I /etc/passwd -has asterisks (*) instead of encrypted passwords, +has an \(aqx\(aq character in the password field, and the encrypted passwords are in .IR /etc/shadow , which is readable by the superuser only.