What is default permission of /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow files

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What is default permission of /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow files..

Answer / vishwanath

/etc/passwd : 644

/etc/shadow : 400

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What is default permission of /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow files..

Answer / manoj

bash-3.00$ ls -l /etc/shadow
-r-------- 1 root sys 3030 Dec 5
23:05 /etc/shadow
bash-3.00$

bash-3.00$ ls -l /etc/passwd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 8243 Dec 3
05:18 /etc/passwd
bash-3.00$

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What is default permission of /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow files..

Answer / sonu

In RHEL- 6

[sonu@localhost ~]$ ll /etc/passwd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1748 Mar 4 04:58 /etc/passwd
[sonu@localhost ~]$ ll /etc/shadow
----------. 1 root root 1076 Mar 4 04:58 /etc/shadow
[sonu@localhost ~]$

/etc/passwd === 644
/etc/shadow ===000

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What is default permission of /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow files..

Answer / karthik

Default permission for /etc/passwd is
644
Default permission for /etc/shadow is
400

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What is default permission of /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow files..

Answer / ramunix123

bash-3.00# ls -ltr /etc/passwd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 2178 Nov 18 12:11 /etc/passwd
bash-3.00# ls -ltr /etc/shadow
-r-------- 1 root sys 1117 Nov 18 12:55 /etc/shadow
bash-3.00# w
4:53pm up 1 day(s), 10:29, 5 users, load average: 4.44, 4.52, 5.06
User tty login@ idle JCPU PCPU what
zaldeza pts/1 Sun12pm 25:56 4:46 bash
zaldeza pts/2 Sun 6am 5:51 290:59 bash
ram pts/3 12:54pm bash
zaldeza pts/8 Sun12pm 25:58 bash
zaldeza pts/18 1:21pm 23 1 bash
bash-3.00# date
Monday, February 13, 2012 4:53:51 PM CST
bash-3.00#

passwd = 644

shadow = 400