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Sample Linux password files and how they work.

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The /etc/passwd file contains each user, one on each line. And the user ID number, then the home directory and the shell used by that user. /etc/passwd1 2 3 4 5 sifiso:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/sifiso:/bin/bash info:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/info:/bin/bash sales:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/sales:/bin/bash admin:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/admin:/home/commitec siphiwos:x:1794:1790::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/siphiwos:/home/commitecsifiso:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/sifiso:/bin/bash info:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/info:/bin/bash sales:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/sales:/bin/bash admin:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/admin:/home/commitec siphiwos:x:1794:1790::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/siphiwos:/home/commitec Then the /etc/shadow file contains the username again, then the encrypted password. The password is … Read more

A good way to list valid users in the /etc/passwd file on Linux.

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This one-liner will display all users with UIDs over 999 and under 2000. This includes valid users on an Ubuntu system but may be different on other machines. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ awk -F: ‘{if($3>999 && $3<2000)print $1,$3,$6}’ /etc/passwd jason 1000 /home/jason kirk 1001 /home/kirk┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ awk -F: ‘{if($3>999 && $3<2000)print $1,$3,$6}’ /etc/passwd … Read more

Modding Shadow of Chernobyl is very popular. This post should help out.

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There are a lot of people modding Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl. I am also having a go at it. I have changed the music playlists for the Agroprom megaphone, as well as Rostok and Cordon. In the \gamedata\scripts\sound_theme.script file are the definitions for the music and speech for the megaphone in Cordon, Rostok and Agroprom, … Read more

Get a nice 64 bit engine for Shadow of Chernobyl today. It really does look good.

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There is a nice 64-bit engine that can be used with Shadow of Chernobyl. This is the OGSR engine, this is what New Arsenal 6 uses for its Stalker mod. This is quite stable and looks very good indeed. It gives the old Shadow of Chernobyl game nice sunshafts and shadows. It really gives it … Read more