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Manish
03-21-2002, 05:55 PM
Can you find out the password of the root user??when your on root.
This might sound wierd.But i need to know. :confused:
Beattie
03-21-2002, 05:57 PM
I don't think there is a way to see the password... you can use passwd to change it to something you do know though.
Etherphyte
03-21-2002, 06:17 PM
To give you a somewhat vague answer, yes, there are ways to find out the root password. They involve cracking the encrypted password located in the /etc/shadow file (or /etc/passwd if you aren't using shadowed passwords.). This can be very easy or extremely time consuming depending on how many characters the password is, if it is alpha-numeric, etc..
If you are interested in this type of thing, let me know, I can get you some linkage on the subject of password auditing
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Manish
03-21-2002, 06:36 PM
It was 5 letters long i think
mdwatts
03-21-2002, 07:36 PM
Originally posted by Manish:
<STRONG>It was 5 letters long i think</STRONG>

You want us to guess?
Manish
03-23-2002, 08:29 AM
you want us to guess?

Yes of course I do.

Why would I be telling you it was 5 letters otherwise?

:) :)
Manish
03-23-2002, 12:46 PM
Evil Voice: Work my Minions WORK!!

Evil laugh:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ha.

Evil Voice: Soon when I have the password.
I will become all powerful.

Evil Laugh:HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ha.

NOW ALL SHALL NEIL BEFORE ME.
I AM YOUR LINUX MASTER.


YOU MAY CALL ME L.D.M

WHICH STANDS FOR LINUX DANCE MASTER.
BECAUSE I AM.OR YOU MAY CALL ME R.M WHICH MEANs ROOT MASTER

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
mdwatts
03-23-2002, 01:20 PM
Don't let it go to your head whatever you do.

Call you L.D.M? I was going to call you something else entirely. :p

I get the feeling someone is letting you use THEIR root access for some reason and you want to be able to find the root password for whenever this person is not around.

Why not just ask the SysAdmin?
Manish
03-23-2002, 01:36 PM
WHOs SysAdmin?
:confused:
Manish
03-23-2002, 01:41 PM
sorry, some times the power of the NET gets to me.

Snap me out of it if it happens again.


To Snap me out of it just say
CATS ON FIRE just jokeing


And sorry again.
It would much worse if my 10 year old brother was on this.
He is 10 times more evil then me.
He gets to me.
Dark Ninja
03-23-2002, 05:33 PM
BTW - A 5 character password shouldn't take long to crack at all. I used to crack 'em on my 486/8086 back in the day. Took overnight most times to test every alphanumeric possibility. So, just download John The Ripper, and brute force away. And then make your password longer next time.


Dark Ninja
mdwatts
03-23-2002, 07:31 PM
Originally posted by Dark Ninja:
<STRONG>BTW - A 5 character password shouldn't take long to crack at all. I used to crack 'em on my 486/8086 back in the day. Took overnight most times to test every alphanumeric possibility. So, just download John The Ripper, and brute force away. And then make your password longer next time.


Dark Ninja</STRONG>

And you can test it on Dark Ninja's pc. ;)
Ludootje
03-25-2002, 02:59 PM
Originally posted by Manish:
<STRONG>It would much worse if my 10 year old brother was on this.</STRONG>
I don't think so. Unless, of course, everyone in your family is so... dumb :confused:?

My little brother of 10 once tried to abuse of my o:line, but at least he knew how to do it. You're accidentally root because your brother forgot to logout from root, and you still don't know what to do.