20 Mar
2003
20 Mar
'03
1:25 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 07:34:14PM -0000, rahul revo 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.
There's no known, definite method. You can get that by trial and error, or brute force only.
Check up how MD5 hashing works for better details, if you are interested.
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jaju