What are ideal /etc/passwd file permissions?

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user1295164 picture user1295164 · Mar 27, 2012 · Viewed 9.4k times · Source

Is there any risk keeping open world-read access to passwd file? Why is by default passwd file world-readable

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stanwise picture stanwise · Mar 27, 2012

It is for all users to be able to read their usernames and other data in this file. Sensitive data in modern UNIX systems is kept in /etc/shadow file.

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