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/etc/passwd
- contains a list of all accounts in the system
- format: username:pass:uid:gid:fullname:home:shell
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/etc/shadow
- contains encrypted passwords for all accounts
- readable only by root
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/etc/group
- lists all of the groups on the system
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/var/log/dmesg
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$HOME/.bashrc or $HOME/.cshrc
- script that is run when bash or tcsh start up
- set envrionment variables such as $PATH and $PROMPT