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by lr1970
1605 days ago
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> Could you please explain what this means? Googling didn't reveal much. An classic UNIX /etc/passwd file is readable by all local users and in the past used to contain the password hashes. One can download these hashes and crack the passwords offline. At some point the problem was recognized and password hashes were moved to special /etc/shadow file which is accessible only to root and members of shadow group making /etc/passwd useless for extracting passwords. |
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