From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 19 00:56:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA12595 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 00:56:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhub.aros.net (mailhub.aros.net [205.164.111.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA12589 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 00:56:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from terra.aros.net (terra.aros.net [205.164.111.10]) by mailhub.aros.net (8.6.12/Unknown) with ESMTP id BAA15804; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 01:58:13 -0700 Received: (from angio@localhost) by terra.aros.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA06180; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 01:56:27 -0700 From: Dave Andersen Message-Id: <199602190856.BAA06180@terra.aros.net> Subject: Re: Crack freeBSD password file To: Lars_Koeller@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de (Lars Koeller) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 01:56:27 -0700 (MST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199602190806.JAA20080@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de> from "Lars Koeller" at Feb 19, 96 09:06:02 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Lo and behold, Lars Koeller once said: > > You will have to modify the 'crack' program to understand the longer MD5 > > encrypted passwords that FreeBSD uses. I would expect that this should be > > a relatively straightforward task, but I'm not familiar with 'crack'. > > > > Anyone else done this already and can supply Andre' with the diffs? > > How do you want to crack a password you can't read? FreeBSD uses > shadow passwords only root can read! Because you never know when someone's going to find a security hole that lets someone read files on your system with root permission? :-) -Dave Andersen -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual/ "There are only two industries that refer to thier customers as 'users'."