On 19 Mar 2003, rahul revo wrote:
> can i get the password for another user if i am the root user?
yes you can. as root user, send a mail to the other user telling him to
give you his password or you will delete his account.
Alternately, you could try a password cracker on the pasword file. You
could use either a dictionary attack - which is good for badly chosen
passwords, or a try everything attack (brute force) - which could last
for potentially infinite time.
Another option is to write a password sniffer and run it on the network
- assuming you have a network. Then wait for one of the users to
telnet, ftp or pop3 in. This will not work with ssh like protocols.
Philip
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