freebsd and freeradius

[gahn]

Thanks Chuck:

Yes I checked /etc/master.passwd. it has no "#" except first two lines:

# $FreeBSD: src/etc/master.passwd,v 1.40.18.1 2008/11/25 02:59:29 kensmith Exp $
#
...
...
tester:$1$qM9hT7CJ$vUby0fxVPjgwH1JNe5j45.:2002:20::0:0:User &:/home/tester:/usr/local/bin/bash





--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:

> From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: freebsd and freeradius
> To: ipfreak at yahoo.com
> Cc: "freebsd general questions" <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 10:54 AM
> On Feb 17, 2009, at 10:44 AM, gahn wrote:
> > No, there is no # in any lines of /etc/passwd.
> 
> Did you check /etc/master.passwd also?
> 
> > Btw, what is this "src/etc/master.passwd"
> for?
> 
> A line like:
> 
> # $FreeBSD: src/etc/master.passwd,v 1.40 2005/06/06
> 20:19:56 brooks Exp $
> 
> ...indicates the CVS revision that the passwd file comes
> from.  It's mildly interesting when you run mergemaster
> -iU or the like to update to a newer version of the OS to
> pick up any default system accounts or changes which have
> been made.
> 
> If you're instead asking why there is a /etc/passwd
> versus master.passwd, the former is historically expected
> and is supposed to be world-readable, but the traditional
> practice of putting encrypted passwords in there made
> automated password cracking relatively feasible.  Various
> UNIXes responded to things like "John the Ripper"
> by creating a second password database which contained the
> encrypted passwords, called /etc/shadow in some places, or
> /etc/master.passwd on FreeBSD, and having that only readable
> by root.  The old /etc/passwd file would then have an
> "x" or "*" for the passwd field.
> 
> Regards,
> ---Chuck