perezf Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Im trying to use john against my linux machine, but cant find the password file for my ubuntu linux machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_oliver Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 normaly in /etc/passwd will not be in clear text though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Surely ubuntu uses shadow. John will be of no use if shadow is being used. Your details are kept in /etc/passwd (which must be world readable) but your passwords are kept in /etc/shadow which only needs to be readble by root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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