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This is a discussion on shadow password within the Linux software forums, part of the Linux Getting Started category; i have a question on shadow password file, on shadow passwd file only root have access, so my question is ...
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08-24-2007, 02:52 PM
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shadow password
i have a question on shadow password file, on shadow passwd file only root have access,
so my question is how a normal user change his password and gets updated in shadow passwd. Thanks In Advance 
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08-24-2007, 05:22 PM
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passwd command has SUID (Saved User ID) enabled. When passwd command executed the effective user id (EUID) that is in force at the time is copied to the saved user id (i.e. root). Using this technique a normal user can update his/her password.
Code:
ls -l $(which passwd) ls -l $(which ls)
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