From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Hirning Subject: Re: root password Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 21:11:37 +0200 Message-ID: <200504022111.59543.Tobias.Hirning@gmx.de> References: <200504011052.06961.eric@cisu.net> <5.1.0.14.1.20050402103749.01f72650@celine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4992552.xG4RJqx6x9"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.1.20050402103749.01f72650@celine> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org --nextPart4992552.xG4RJqx6x9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Samstag, 2. April 2005 20:53 schrieben Sie: > At 08:03 PM 4/1/2005 +0200, Tobias Hirning wrote: >> [...] > > I don't, from these fragments, recognize what message you are > replying to, Tobias. Sorry about that, yes I was replying to your mail. > But your quoting makes it appear that the two=20 > suggestions you respond to are mine, and I just wanted to make it > clear that they are not. Neither would have been responsive to the > message that started this thread ... a user who forgot his own root > password looking for a workaround. I don't want to start such a big thread. > [...] > "Get the shadow file" is not a trivial step in the instructions > (How to travel in time: 1. Purchase or construct a flux capacitor; > 2. Install it in a DeLorean); normally it requires root access. So > anyone who can get this file has already figured out how to get > root access, at least in a limited way. I am a bit surprised at > your 90% claim; when I've done this (in my onetime role as a > sysadmin), I found maybe 3-5% of users had weak passwords (by the > standards of the cracking software of the time). Yes, I don't told, that it was the shadow file of a school, with only=20 8 character passwords and DES-encryption. > [...] Tobias =2D-=20 GPG-Fingerprint: C39E 5381 7721 8613 B5C9 CFAF 54FC B8DB D02D 7085 Registered Linux-User #367044 Registered Linux-Machine #262062 http://counter.li.org Diese E-Mail wurde mit einer fortgeschrittenen elektronischen Signatur nach =A72 2. d) SigG signiert. --nextPart4992552.xG4RJqx6x9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCTu5/VPy429AtcIURAgAtAJ4slWu3VUhCyFwKoEgQmSh+zZD9/ACeOeoJ kxTysJv+MuoFFqY2NnQMcI0= =PcPk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4992552.xG4RJqx6x9-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs