On Thu, Feb 15, 2001, the greycells of dipankar pradip mitra expressed:
> The password in the /etc/shadow is encrypted, which no one apart from the root can
>read .
>
> but how root will decrypt it to get the real password
> (condition is i don't want to change the encrypted passsword though it is the
>easiest way ) is there any decryptor available
Hi,
Generally, if the passwd is encrypted using the MD5 algorithm, then it is very
difficult for
any brute force software to recover it. But you can surely try ...
Cheers,
-amar-
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