Issue command sudo passwd root.

输入命令sudo passwd root。

Now type in the command passwd.

在命令行输入passwd。

That dumps the entire passwd database.

这将转储整个passwd数据库。

Return for a moment, to the passwd problem mentioned above.

暂时回到上面提到的passwd问题。

The passwd command is one of the few that must be suid.

passwd 命令是少数 必须 为 suid 的命令之一。

the local UNIX/Linux system password database (/etc/passwd);

本地 UNIX/Linux 系统密码数据库（/etc/passwd）；

When passwd is assigned to the user or when user logs in.

给用户分配密码时，或用户登录时。

passwd= TIP: This would then the password of the user ‘fastnet’

passwd= 提示：这应该是用户 “fastnet” 的密码。

So all users in Linux reside in a file called /etc/passwd.

Linux 中的所有用户都存放于 /etc/passwd 文件中。

Various GUI tools can then ask passwd to do the actual changing.

于是各种 GUI 工具可以要求 passwd 来做实际的更改。

Listing 8 shows that the passwd executable is owned by root.

清单8显示了可执行的passwd由root所有。

Many think the passwd command only changes a user's password.

许多人认为passwd命令只用于修改用户的密码。

What happens if the /etc/passwd file didn't exist to begin with?

如果开始的时候 /etc/passwd 文件并不存在，那么会发生什么情况呢？

The /etc/passwd file says that bduda has a primary group of 350.

etc/passwd 文件说明 bduda 有一个主组为 350。

A public key cookie is the passwd encrypted with users public key.

公共密钥cookie是用用户公共密钥加密的密码。

Without a username, the passwd command will change the root password.

如果没有用户名，passwd命令将会改变root的密码。

The most important function of passwd is indeed changing a user's password.

passwd最重要的特性确实是修改用户的密码。

The shell's < and << redirections don't work with programs such as passwd.

shell 的 < 和 << 重定向对于象 passwd 这样的程序不起作用。

Only root can change the password for another user with the passwd command.

只有root用户可以用passwd修改其他用户的密码。

This will sort the passwd file by group ID and within groups by userid, backwards.

这条命令将按照组标识对 passwd 文件进行排序，而在组内按照用户标识进行逆向排序。

Changing a user's password can be done from the console by using the passwd command.

可以从控制台使用passwd命令来修改用户的密码。

To do that, create a file named passwd in the CVSRoot directory under your repository.

为此，请在存储库下的CVSRoot目录中创建一个名为passwd的文件。

Always specify files as the last option, particularly for passwd, shadow, and hosts data.

始终将文件指定为最后一个选项，特别对于passwd、shadow和hosts数据更要如此。

Although passwd does perform this important function, it contains other features, as well.

尽管passwd确实执行这种重要的功能，但是它还有其他特性。

And, of course, you can create user accounts on Knoppix as needed, with useradd and passwd.

当然，您可以在Knoppix上创建所需要的帐号，使用useradd和passwd命令。

Place a sample passwd file (passwd.txt) in the event input directory (c: \ flatfile \ input).

请在事件输入目录(C： \ flatfile \ input)中放入一个示例密码文件(passwd . txt)。

Scroll down the Test Element Details screen until you see uid and passwd in the Data section (Figure 27).

滚动Test Element Details屏幕，直到您看到data小节中的uid和passwd，如图27中所示。

In Listing 2, you can see the definition for passwd is to use the NIS database first (if it is available).

在清单2中，可以看到passwd的定义为首先使用NIS数据库(如果可用)。