Re: Password Recovery

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:15:47 -0500, sk8r-365 wrote:

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 OP isn't looking for a system password cracker, but wants to be able
to open archives that have been encrypted with a password. (Possibly with
nefarious intent?)

If Windows utilities to do this are easy to come by, it seems like Wine
should be useful here.
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