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What are the files in /etc directory?

Answer Posted / basheer

Hi, friends.

This directory contains all system and Network
configuration files and the files that maintain information
about user and group.

Ex of System configuration files:

/etc/vfstab
/etc/mnttab

Ex of Network configuration files:

/etc/ftpd: for FTP
/etc/dfs/dfstab: for NFS Server
/etc/hosts : for DNS

User and group information:

/etc/passwd => contains user information.
/etc/shadow => contains users password information.
/etc/group => user's group information.

and also user security file information like

/etc/default/passwd
/etc/default/login
/etc/nologin
.....so on

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