On 27 March 2011 22:23, Anish A <aneesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2011/3/27 Manoj K <manojknai...@gmail.com> >> >> Hi >> Actually, if i changed password no. of times, the old password should be >> stored in one file.I need that file location. >> Is it possible to get that file.?
> The file is /etc/passwords > > But it is stored in one side encrypted form. That means, you cannot get back > the original password but you can check with the input to see whether the > password is correct or not. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5 for details about how it is encrypted. > -- > Regards, > Anish A > > http://identi.ca/aneeshnl > > സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം തന്നെയമൃതം സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം തന്നെ ജീവിതം > പാരതന്ത്ര്യം മാനികള്ക്ക് മൃതിയെക്കാള് ഭയാനകം > - മഹാകവി കുമാരനാശാന് > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > Afaiu, The system only stores the current password, not the old one. And the hash of the current password is stored in /etc/shadow file. It is a one way hash, ie you cant reverse the hash to obtain the password, but there are a lot of tools which can be used to brute force the hash. -- Regards, Dhananjay. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
