Re: etc/passwd file
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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 23:08:45 -0700
tina wrote:
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> why is the /etc/passwd file not hidden
> to make the system more secure?
Knowing the users on the system will only be a risk if other users are
allowed to enter into other user's directories and view files that might
contain sensitive information. If you remove those type of risks, all it
contains it a list of users on the system. Provided you have reasonable
security implemented on the system, just seeing who else is there
doesn't pose any risk. If you are open to those other issues, people
seeing the passwd file is probably the least of your worries.
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