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Eh, no, it is world readable because even though programs that manipulate/read hashes are privileged, programs that map <uid>:<gid>:<name> are not. This is stil
by notyourday 5y ago
Eh, no, it is world readable because even though programs that manipulate/read hashes are privileged, programs that map <uid>:<gid>:<name> are not. This is still the same. If you want to be able to use "ls" as a non-privileged user and see names, you need to be able to access /etc/passwd.
- lmilcin 5y agoSo... what did I write? To quote: "but passwd was left because a lot of platform software and scripts depended on it."
- notyourday 5y agobecause it is affecting libc and glibc, not the platform software or scripts depending on it.