topic Re: /etc/passwd in Operating System - HP-UX

/etc/passwd

Yarok — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:06:53 GMT

Hello,

How can I view the password of and account in /etc/passwd?
When I use vipw it displays the passward unreadable.

BR,

Yaron

Re: /etc/passwd

Torsten. — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:19:07 GMT

You CANNOT show the password in clear text.

Next time ask hp-ux related questions in hp-ux subforum.

Re: /etc/passwd

Yarok — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:50:42 GMT

Ok,
So how can I change a passward if I don't know it?

Re: /etc/passwd

Torsten. — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:30:08 GMT

use /sbin/passwd

Re: /etc/passwd

Yarok — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:10:27 GMT

Yes, same as passwd [user], thanks.

But is there any way to view a password of an existing user?

Re: /etc/passwd

Torsten. — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:18:29 GMT

As said, you CANNOT view the password in clear text.

This is a "one way" encryption.

Re: /etc/passwd

Patrick Wallek — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:04:57 GMT

No, you cannot view a password for a user. The password is a one-time hash of what was entered when the user changed his/her password.

The root user can change any users password without knowing the previous one.

Re: /etc/passwd

bigsunflower — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:30:25 GMT

It depends.

There is a module (was it module two?) in course h3541s.h.00 talking on that.

Re: /etc/passwd

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:43:22 GMT

Shalom,

root can reset any user password if files is the nsswitch.conf configuration.

So you can't view it, but you can change it.

SEP