On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:44:56PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 01:05:11 +0000, Glyn Kennington > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Check that /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow match the descriptions in `man > >passwd` and `man shadow` respectively. > > Hey, thanks for that. It was /etc/shadow: the root password in it was > corrupted, though the pigeon password was OK. To fix it, I simply > copied /etc/passwd to /etc/shadow. It works now. Cool! Thanks. > > >But *DON'T* send them here for a second opinion. > > Interesting. Is this simply to avoid filling the list with junk? Given > that people post X / system logs etc. for a second opinion, probably > not. Are you assuming that my passwords may not be safe against a > brute-force dictionary attack, or has the "one-way" nature of the > encryption algorithm been compromised?
Unless you're using MD5 passwords, old Unix crypt() has been broken for a long time. In any case it's probably not a good idea to spread /etc/shadow around, just in case. :) -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
