Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:25:43 -0400 From: "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net> To: Naga Suresh B <torvalds@addr.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: plain text password Message-ID: <20020713032543.A23076@cowbert.2y.net> In-Reply-To: <009901c22a37$7ffed450$9600a8c0@blraddrcom>; from torvalds@addr.com on Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 12:05:35PM %2B0530 References: <009901c22a37$7ffed450$9600a8c0@blraddrcom>
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Hashes are not reversible, so passwords in the password file are not recoverable to plaintext. (this is not to say you can't try to guess the password by applying the hash to your guess and see if it matches the hash in the file). On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 12:05:35PM +0530, Naga Suresh B wrote: > Hai, > > How can I change the password file into a plain text password, it > should not use any authentication either MD5 or Pam. I need this solution as > early as possible. > > Suresh > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- Peter C. Lai University of Connecticut Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology | Undergraduate Research Assistant Yale University School of Medicine Center for Medical Informatics | Research Assistant http://cowbert.2y.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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