GSHADOW(5) File Formats and Conversions GSHADOW(5)
NAME
gshadow - shadowed group file
DESCRIPTION
/etc/gshadow contains the shadowed information for group accounts. It contains lines with
the following colon-separated fields:
o group name
o encrypted password
o comma-separated list of group administrators
o comma-separated list of group members
The group name and password fields must be filled. The encrypted password consists of
characters from the 64-character alphabet a thru z, A thru Z, 0 thru 9, \. and /. Refer to
crypt(3) for details on how this string is interpreted. If the password field contains
some string that is not valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not
be able to use a unix password to log in, subject to pam(7).
This information supersedes any password present in /etc/group.
This file must not be readable by regular users if password security is to be maintained.
FILES
/etc/group
Group account information.
/etc/gshadow
Secure group account information.
SEE ALSO
group(5), gpasswd(5), newgrp(1).
File Formats and Conversions 12/06/2009 GSHADOW(5)
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