[wellylug] Password cracking

[Andrej]

 On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
> 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.

and

> That person has since left the company...

So you're afraid that a live system might break because
certain processes *may* be run from a user account which'
owner has left the company? That's scary :}


Cheers,
Andrej