Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 38995
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2005/8/4-6 [Computer/SW/Unix] UID:38995 Activity:nil
8/2     NIS?  Do we like challenging people to crack our passwds?
        \_ soda:~>ypmatch phillip passwd
phillip:iTJGnBNcyKBxQ:30311:100:Phillip "Edward" Nunez:/home/sequent/phillip:/bin/csh
        \_ I'm not sure how, but some 200 people managed to get md5 hashes.
           I don't know how I got one.  I haven't changed my password.
           \_ Someone set the default passwd_format to des in /etc/login.conf.
              but that's not the issue.  The issue is passwd hashes being
              available at all.
        \_ Dumb q: how do you find a user name given a user id? I used to
           look in /etc/passwd.
           \_ You can run "ypcat passwd" to see the new password file.
              If you just want to look up a username, though, try "id 30311"
              (or whatever) -- it's easier, and it works regardless of where
              the password file is stored.  --mconst
              \_ Thanks! That seems really basic but somehow I never heard
                 of it before.
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