On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Nikhil Joshi wrote:
hi i am a linux newbie and am using red hat 8.0 can i get the password for another user if i am the root user? i do not want to "su user" but to actually get the password.
Directly, No. with a password cracker , possible.
use "john ripper " the pawword craker s/w for linux
try http://www.google.com/linux?q=john+ripper