Re: Password Recovery

sk8r-365 <sk8r-365@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Horton heard a Who named Baron saying:
Can anyone point me at any password recovery tools for Linux that can
recover "ARC, ZIP, RAR & ZOO" archive passwords.

Not the way it works in Linux: Linux systems use shadow passwords. There's a
file /etc/passwd, but it saves everything except password hashes. The system

I "think" that was not what he asked for.He is asking for utilities to
recover ARC ZIP RAR Zoo passwords, not system passwords.

Note that a good password system should NOT have recoverable passwords
since that would mean the bad guy can recover them.


doesn't save user passwords. What is saved, or stored, is the value of a one way
hash algorithm from processing the password. That password will always have to
the same hash value - the system compares hashes instead of actual "passwords".
You should boot the computer in single-user mode and change the password.
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