1. Oracle Solaris 11.4 Security and Hardening Guidelines
  2. Site Security Policy and Enforcement
  3. Security Requirements Enforcement
  4. Password Protection

Password Protection

In local files, passwords are protected from viewing by DAC and from modifications by both DAC and MAC. Passwords for local accounts are maintained in the /etc/shadow file, which is readable only by root. For more information, see the shadow(5) man page.