Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 21:18:18 -0800 From: Danny Howard <dannyman@toldme.com> To: Matiss Elsbergs <matiss@bkc.lv> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passwords question Message-ID: <20020303211818.L3896@pianosa.catch22.org> In-Reply-To: <FOEJJHFHNBIAKMKHNKLIGEPHCOAA.matiss@bkc.lv>; from matiss@bkc.lv on Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 01:04:54PM %2B0200 References: <FOEJJHFHNBIAKMKHNKLIGEPHCOAA.matiss@bkc.lv>
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 01:04:54PM +0200, Matiss Elsbergs wrote: > Is there a way to decrypt user passwords stored in /etc/master.passwd for > viewing them in plain text? No. One-way hash. > If there is no such possibility, and I think there isn't, is it possible to > copy/paste this password in mySQL for authentication? How? If I recall correctly, there's a table in mysql where user passwords are stored. If MySQL can use the same hash that you have in /etc/master.passwd, then yes, you write a script that parses master.passwd and feeds SQL queries to MySQL. :) Such a beast may already exist, have you asked Google? -danny -- http://dannyman.toldme.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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