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Originally posted by balteo
Hello,
Can I view passwords bearing in mind I am root. If so what is the command? This would avoid me having to change them.
Julien.
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No you cannot as linux does not store plain text passwords. passwords are encrypted one way and stored in either /etc/shadow or /etc/passwd for some less comon configs.
But you can reset them. They are on the second column of the /etc/shadow table just after the first ":" just put "!!" instead there.
As root you can also change the passord of any user, without knowing it just type
passwd user
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