how to decrypt /etc/shadow

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On 12/25/06, Markku Kolkka <markkuk at tuubi.net> wrote:
> yogesh at banasdairy.coop kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika
> maanantai 25 joulukuu 2006 13:21):
> > hi how can i decrypt ./etc/shadow file
> > convert into user readable format
>
> /etc/shadow is already a plain ASCII text file, the format is
> described in "man 5 shadow". If you mean the one-way encrypted
> password fields in the file, they can't be decrypted back into
> plain-text passwords.
>

But you can try an "brute force" with john the ripper...

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Rodrigo Machado