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How to obtain real password users for FreeBSD
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28-08-2008, 09:50 AM
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How to obtain real password users for FreeBSD
Hi, I am actually the root user for FreeBSD and Ubunthu server for my organization. All passwords are stored in passwd files,but this passwords are not real. My question is how to obtain the actual passwords from this passwd file.
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28-08-2008, 12:03 PM
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There is no way you can use the password for any user even if you have logged in as root. All you can do is change a users password using passwd command
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