Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:48:13 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: password question Message-ID: <19971010074813.WR25496@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199710100336.VAA02922@obie.softweyr.ml.org>; from Wes Peters on Oct 9, 1997 21:36:06 -0600 References: <Pine.A41.3.96.971009112814.95664B-100000@ronell.ucet.ufl.edu> <199710100336.VAA02922@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
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As Wes Peters wrote:
> It's been a while since I worked with AIX, so bear with me on this. If
> I remember correctly, the true source for the password entries on AIX is
> in a file somewhere in the /etc/secure directory.
/etc/security/passwd:
j:
password = 7iQAjV5h2mof.
lastupdate = 830766071
flags =
And yes, the passwords are DES-encrypted there, i've just checked.
(Don't attempt to run crack over the above. For one, i doubt my
password could be guessed with a dictionary, but even then, i've
toggled a number of characters here as well. :)
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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