{"id":7802,"date":"2024-07-04T13:32:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T07:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=7802"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:40:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T07:40:23","slug":"which-file-contains-the-encrypted-passwords-of-users-in-kali-linux","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/which-file-contains-the-encrypted-passwords-of-users-in-kali-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Which file contains the encrypted passwords of users in Kali Linux?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1158,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1505],"subject":[1504],"class_list":["post-7802","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-kali-linux","subject-operating-systems"],"mcq_note":"<strong>In Kali Linux (and most Unix-like operating systems), the file that contains the encrypted passwords of users is: \/etc\/shadow<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Here's an explanation of the files mentioned:<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>\/etc\/passwd:<\/strong> Contains basic information about user accounts, but not the actual encrypted passwords.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>\/etc\/group:<\/strong> Contains information about groups on the system.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>\/etc\/shadow:<\/strong> This file contains the encrypted passwords of users and additional password-related information such as password expiration dates and account lockout details.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"\/etc\/passwd"},{"right":"no","answer":"\/etc\/group"},{"right":"yes","answer":"\/etc\/shadow"},{"right":"no","answer":"\/etc\/login"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1504,"title":"Operating Systems","slug":"operating-systems"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1505,"title":"Kali Linux","slug":"kali-linux"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/7802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=7802"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=7802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}