Date: 2:30 am Thu Nov 16, 1995 Number : 30 of 201 From: Gus Base : BOMB_NET - BBS Software Suppor To : Bilbo Baggins Subj: Re: UNIX
BB> Well I can't say for sure on all versions, but I do know that it's BB> actually pretty easy to get the password file for SCO if you know what BB> you are looking for. There are actually two sets of user logs, the encrypt BB> file which is easy to find but nearly impossible to crack, and the shadow BB> password file, which is hard to find, but fairly easy to get into. I have BB> a buddy who knows quite a bit about this and was able to hack a unix system BB> successfully. The real problem is actually getting onto the system in the BB> first place especially if ALL the users have passwords assigned by the root
one of my friends hacked a couple of unix based university systems through the net.. i think the one time he used the command ypcat which basically sends you the password file :)..