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equaeghe
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 Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:53 pm Post subject: meaning of /etc/group-, /etc/passwd-,... files? [solved] |
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Hi,
I was wondering what the following type of files are for:
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# ls /etc/*-
/etc/group- /etc/gshadow- /etc/passwd- /etc/shadow-
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I have an idea about /etc/group and /etc/passwd; I know the /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow serve a purpose (though not what).
But what is the purpose of these files with a hyphen-minus added? They differ from the ones without hyphen-minus, and certainly contain important information.
Thanks for any info,
Erik
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dgaffuri
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They look like a backup copy of the files before last change.
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equaeghe
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@dgaffuri: Thanks, most likely correct. I mixed up some cat output pre- and post using usermod. That got me confused.
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