When executing the command 'getent shadow root' as normal user showing the encrypted password of root
Issue
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After enabling LDAP client on the system and running the following command (as any user on the system) is displaying the encrypted password of the root account.
$getent shadow root root:<encrypted sha512 password>:14565:0:99999:7:::
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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