A hacker has managed to gain access to a Linux host and stolen the password file from /etc/passwd. How can he use it?
A. The password file does not contain the passwords themselves.
B. He can open it and read the user ids and corresponding passwords.
C. The file reveals the passwords to the root user only.
D. He cannot read it because it is encrypted.
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D is right ans
From what i read it, the password is reflected with X… And we know that the password can be found in /etc/shadow folder… the X means it is encrypted… No?
A…
A. The password file does not contain the passwords themselves.
Brian is right. Correct answer is A.
/etc/passwd contains entries like:
root:!:0:0::/:/usr/bin/ksh
daemon:!:1:1::/etc:
bin:!:2:2::/bin:
/etc/shadow contains the hashes like:
root:salt:hash
Correct response A.
The Answer is A
etc/shadow is where passwords are stored.
A. The password file does not contain the passwords themselves.