Questions tagged [shadow]
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Debian passwd package sources - Unable to find patch that modifies passwd utility options
I noticed passwd utility doesn't support the -s/--stdin option on Debian which allows to read password from standard input. With this option you can do something like echo mypassword | passwd -s ...
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How to syncronize credentials in a small laboratory? (very slim alternative to ldap)
We run a small lab with 20 Linux systems (RaspberryPI, NAS, Desktop PCs) for research with 4 scientists who all need sudo permissions.
We trust all 4 users as they have sudo permission and physical ...
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I've forgotten my password but am logged in--what tools can I use to assist in recovery and limit damages?
I have an encrypted hard drive. The hard drive, root user, and primary user all share the same password. I have successfully logged in but seem to have forgotten the password.
I'm looking to limit the ...
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How to calculate the password hash in /etc/shadow [duplicate]
I have the following line in my /etc/shadow file (SALT and HASHED_PASSWORD are not real values for obvious reason). And I understand $6 means SHA512 is used.
testuser:$6$SALT$HASHED_PASSWORD:19591:0:...
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Difference between *LK* in /etc/shadow and /usr/sbin/nologon in /etc/passwd
What is the practical difference between setting *LK* in /etc/shadow and setting /usr/sbin/nologon in /etc/passwd?
When would we choose one over the other? When would we combine them?
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Difference between passwd and passwd- file as well as shadow and shadow- file
on my server running UnraidOS I got a bit suspicious. There are both 'passwd' and 'passwd-' files (same goes for shadow(-)). These ones should be only backups as I understood.
Running:
root@Unraid-...
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Password manager which gets unlocked by logging in into your session other than GNOME Keyring
Windows has a neat feature: it has a built-in password manager/storage which gets unlocked automatically when you log in.
Are there any Linux applications which are linked to pam.d, so that entering ...
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Hashed passwords are NOT similar although the salt and password are similar
I had created two users on Linux with the same exact passwords, but when I looked at the /etc/shadow file, I found that the hashed values look different, although the salt file is the same. (Please ...
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How to get user creation details
Kindly assist to to get user creation details (date and time) and users login details in Solaris 10
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etc shadow file for passwd - calculate not only date but time
I want to know if there is a way to get the last password change date + time stamp ?
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Where is the system's "sys" user's password hash stored in Debian?
I want to get the password hash of the sys user in Debian (but the password is preferred). I heard that all password hashes are stored in the /etc/shadow file, but there isn't a password hash for the ...
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How to update user password with the file has password,without prompt key in?
I am using Debian 11,set password with shadow.
I random generate password into file pas:
cat pas
"Th3P@ssw0rd"
When I update password to normal user has sudo privilege,
sudo passwd username
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What does j9T mean in yescrypt (from /etc/shadow)?
Consider this Shadow string
$y$j9T$PaFEMV0mbpeadmHDv0Lp31$G/LliR3MqgdjEBcFC1E.s/3vlRofsZ0Wn5JyZHXAol5
There are 4 parts
id : y (yescrypt)
param : j9T
salt : PaFEMV0mbpeadmHDv0Lp31
hash : G/...
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Accept both MD5 and SHA512 hashes is /etc/shadow
recently upgraded debian server with many users to a recent version. The old server used MD5 password hashes (the shadow passwords begin with $1$) and new one is configured to use SHA-512. I want to ...
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Shadow service "user 'ftp': directory '/srv/ftp' does not exist"
Once in a while, my server throws this error when trying to run the shadow service. I can delete the users (http and ftp) but they keep reappearing. I don't want to add the directories, nor do I need ...
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