Where User Account and Group Information Is save?
This section covers the following information:
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Fields in the password File
·
Default password File
·
Fields in the shadow
File
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Fields in the group
File
·
Default group File
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Commands for Obtaining
User Account Information
Depending on your site policy, user
account and group information can be stored in your local systems /etc. files or in a name or
directory service as follows:
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The NIS name service information is stored in maps
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The LDAP directory service information is stored in indexed
database files
Note - To avoid confusion, the
location of the user account and group information is generically referred to
as a file rather than
as a database, table, or map.
Most user account information is
stored in the password file. Password information is stored as follows:
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In the password file when you are using NIS
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In the /etc/shadow file when you are using /etc files
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In the people container when you are using LDAP
Password aging is available when you are using LDAP, but not NIS.
Group information is stored in the group file for NIS. For LDAP, group
information is stored in the group container.
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