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Password hashes on UNIX

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-19 8:30

where are password hashes stored on unix

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-19 8:37

>>1
In hashtable.
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Name: Anonymous 2010-06-19 8:49

/etc/passwd

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-19 9:03

/etc/google

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-19 9:56

>>1
On modern systems, /etc/shadow.

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-19 10:03

>>2
what hashing function does eunchs use

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-19 10:30

>>6
man crypt, and see the "Notes" section.

Oldschool Unix uses plain ol' DES; most systems use MD5 nowadays I think.

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-19 10:35

>>5
And on BSD, it's /etc/master.passwd

Things are sometimes very different from one system to another.

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