[rescue] SGI Irix / Indy question

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Sat Dec 20 18:08:10 CST 2003


On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Brooke Gravitt wrote:

> Got to the /etc/shadow file and ran it through john( by copying the
> entries to a file on my laptop and running john there.)

How did you read /etc/shadow without root?  Do you not also have an mv,
and does your shell also not have echo?

You can always build your own /etc/shadow, if so.

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