[wellylug] Password cracking

[Andrej]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:32, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
> Hello all
Hi

> I have access to the /etc/shadow file - actually I am root on
> this box, and want to hack a password for a user, because I
> dont know what it is and I dont want to change it and then
> have it break something live.
>
> Ummm any ideas?
If you're root, why not just 
su - <username>
(without knowing the password), do your thing and be
done with?


Cheers,
Andrej