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   Passwd
   In Linux computer systems passwd is an ASCII file that contains a list of the system's users and the passwords (in an encrypted format) they must use for access. The /etc/passwd file is comprised of lines, each containing a single entry. Each line has the format:
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   Passwd
   [command] passwd is a tool on most Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to change a user`s password. The password entered by the user is run through a key derivation function to create a hashed version of the new password, which is saved. Only the hashed version is stored; the entered p...
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   Passwd
   [file] In Unix-like operating systems the /etc/passwd file is a text-based database of information about users that may login to the system or other operating system user identities that own running processes. In many operating systems this file is just one of many possible back-ends for the...
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   Passwd
   [database] passwd is a name service database used to store user account information on Unix-like operating systems. The sources for the passwd database (and hence the sources of user accounts on a system) are configured, like other name service databases, in nsswitch.conf. ==Command line== T...
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