From owner-freebsd-security Sat Jul 13 0:25:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9DFF37B400 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 00:25:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from d188h80.mcb.uconn.edu (d188h80.mcb.uconn.edu [137.99.188.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2801243E4A for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 00:25:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net) Received: (qmail 23087 invoked by uid 1001); 13 Jul 2002 07:25:43 -0000 Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:25:43 -0400 From: "Peter C. Lai" To: Naga Suresh B Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: plain text password Message-ID: <20020713032543.A23076@cowbert.2y.net> Reply-To: peter.lai@uconn.edu References: <009901c22a37$7ffed450$9600a8c0@blraddrcom> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <009901c22a37$7ffed450$9600a8c0@blraddrcom>; from torvalds@addr.com on Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 12:05:35PM +0530 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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