2-Minute Linux Tips
Learn how to use a host of Linux commands in these 2-minute video tutorials from Sandra Henry-Stocker, author of the Unix as a Second Language blog.
How to use the shadow file format in Linux
Overview
In this Linux tip, we’re going to take a quick look at the /etc/shadow file on Linux systems. It contains a lot of useful information pertaining to user accounts – and is a file that can only be viewed or changed with root or sudo access.




