Re: Passwords

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 1/17/23 01:01, David wrote:
> Morning All,
>
> I have forgotten my password to a Debian PC using an SD stick as it's
> main drive.
>
> Looking on the internet it says the passwords are stored in /etc/passwd
> and /etc/shadow
>
> The password string in /etc/shadow looks as if it's encoded, how can I
> read this string?
>
> David.
>
> .
TBH, you can't, its a one way hash, add a "single" to the grub boot line 
which should give you a text shell, from which you can set a new root 
pw. Make it hard for the hackers, minimum 20 characters, every character 
you add, multiplies the effort they have to use to find it.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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