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Special Forums Cybersecurity Password Recovery Post 302070016 by jallport on Thursday 30th of March 2006 02:21:09 PM
Old 03-30-2006
You're basically trying to get hold of /etc/passwd. This is a text file which has to be readable by ANY user account on that box, try telnet, SSH or ftp to attach. Another way in (usable on equisys netpilots, for instance, where there are no shell accounts and ftp sessions are chroot'ed), check to see if you have an httpd server with SSI (that's server-side includes, not SSL: secure socket layer) enabled and 'hash-bit-exec' enabled (this can all be switched on from a .htaccess file with apache, see apache.org) you cat put a "<!--#exec cmd='/bin/cat /etc/passwd' -->" in an HTML page which, when viewed, will show the result of cat'ing /etc/passwd, i.e. the contents thereof.

If you have no other way of getting access via a shell, ftp client, browser etc. then it's a case of pull the HDD out of the production server, bang it into a friendly (i.e. your) *NIX box and mount it thereon.

P.S. These are obviously generic instructions. For the NAS box that started this thread you evidently have some form of shell access so no probs.
Last edited by jallport; 03-30-2006 at 03:26 PM..
 

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NAME

       Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Dispatcher - password plugin dispatcher

DESCRIPTION

       All the dispatcher rules jifty needs to support "" in Jifty::Authentication::Password

RULES

   "before logout"
       Logout and return home.

       See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Action::Logout.

   "before *"
       Setup the navigation menu for login or logout.

   "on qr/^(?:signup|lost_password)$/"
       Redirect to home if logged.

       Request a password reminder or signup for an account otherwise.

   "on login"
       Redirect to home if logged.

       Show the login form otherwise.

   "before reset_lost_password"
       Request a password reset.

   "before passwordreminder"
       Request a new password reminder to be sent by email.

       See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Action::SendPasswordReminder.

   "before signup"
       Sign up for an account.

       See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Action::Signup.

   "before login"
       Login to your account.

       See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Action::Login.

   not_logged_in_nav
       Adds the login and signup links to the navigation menu.

   logged_in_nav
       Adds the logout link to the navigation menu.

SEE ALSO

       Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password, Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::View

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