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Does hd0t179 necessary to be mounted on / (even for ssh) ?
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How to get the root password of added users?
Thank you
Vishwa
No, you can mount any device as / that has a file system on it. You could even mount a DOS partition.
Without the appropriate directories, eg /bin, you won’t be able to do much.
The encrypted passwords are stored in /etc/shadow. You cannot “get” them. If they are poor quality passwords, you might be able to get them using a brute force attack. If you have write access to /etc/password you can turn off a password for the user by erasing the ‘x’ in the ‘
’ string, and then reset it.