From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jan 10 4:41:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.sunesi.net (ns1.sunesi.net [196.15.192.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EC3614E19 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 04:41:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nbm@sunesi.net) Received: from nbm by ns1.sunesi.net with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 127e7a-0002ZH-00; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 14:40:30 +0200 Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 14:40:30 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner To: Irnest Schultz Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: User Passwords? Message-ID: <20000110144030.B9030@mithrandr.moria.org> References: <3879D218.D6782A56@mikros.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <3879D218.D6782A56@mikros.co.za> Organization: Rhodes University Computer Users' Society X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386 X-URL: http://rucus.ru.ac.za/~nbm/ Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi fellow South African! > I am the root user of a FreeBSD machine and wondered if there is a way I > can read the passwords of the users? No, not really. At best you can use 'crack' to crack their passwords, or backdoor login. Of course, as an ethical Systems Administrator you shouldn't be doing this. I assume, of course, this was just a question to assure you that your security is safe. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message