Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:50:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pwd.db? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810121349160.25080-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981012174517.3127A-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>
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On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > why does freebsd need pwd.db file? Because it's more secure and faster to do password file lookups against a binary database than a flat file. > also spwd.db file? I guess linux does not have > those files right? It does if you have shadow passwords enabled. > is there any way to get the original passwd file > from pwd.db file? You can't get the origial password in any way, period. It's a 'one-way hash' as we say in the computer business. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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