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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have to do a script which returns users who have never changed their password from /etc/shadow.
Here is what have I done and I'm not sure if it's ok.
I tried to return just users who doesn;t have password set or are locked.
Can be there other kind of user who never changed the... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: catalint
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am trying to use John the Ripper but it doesn't take regular MD5 hashes, only shadow MD5 hashes. For example this hash: 900150983cd24fb0d6963f7d28e17f72 (which, decrypted, is 'abc') within a text file, John the Ripper does not detect because it is not in shadow format. How can I convert this MD5... (2 Replies)
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3. Red Hat
Today i was going through some of security guides written on linux .
Under shadow file security following points were mentioned.
1)The encrypted password stored under /etc/shadow file should have more than 14-25 characters.
2)Usernames in shadow file must satisfy to all the same rules as... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: pinga123
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi
I wonder whether is possible to generate enrypted passwd for some user and paste it into /etc/shadow file ?
What kind of encryption is used in /etc/shadow file ?
ths for help. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: presul
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5. Linux
Hey guys,
i've got some serious problems creating a hash for the /etc/shadow. I try to understand how linux creates this hash. Till now i understood that the $6$ shows me that my ubuntu 9.10 uses sha512 to create the hash. I also understood that the "salt"-thing makes the whole think much more... (2 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am new to shell programming and trying to write a command that would show the etc/shadow file but without the hashes. So, something like this:
root: <HASH PASSWORD FOUND BUT OBFUSCATED>
daemon: NP
bin: NP
sys: NP
If there is a... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: hellomms
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7. Linux
We are currently using a script to copy the same encrypted password between our HP-UX and Solaris servers editing the trusted and shadow files directly. The encrypted password is only 13 characters long on both servers and decrypts the same way. Is there a way to copy this same string to Linux... (5 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi,
I had to reset a lost root password by editing the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files ( this is a xen vm file, so i mounted and chrooted the file )
after the reboot with an empty password on root , i have set a new password with passwd but
it only changed the /etc/passwd file.... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: progressdll
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Does anyone know how to remove a stanza in the shadow password file if the user account has already been removed on an AIX box? I know it can be done by editing the file itself but I would prefer not to do it that way.
cheers
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