[CentOS] How to decrypt rootpassword form kickstart file

[Eero Volotinen]

2015-03-31 8:08 GMT+03:00 Jegadeesh Kumar <jegasmile at gmail.com>:

> Hi Team,
>
> I have the kick start file where my root password is store like
>
>
> # Root password
> rootpw --iscrypted $1$1SItJOAg$UM9n7lRFK1/OCs./rgQtQ/
> # System authorization information
> auth  --useshadow  --passalgo=sha512
>
>
>
> Is there any way to decry pt the password and get it as plain text.
>

Well, you could bruteforce sha512 hashed password or use dictionary attack
against it.

No realistic way to encrypt hashed password.

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Eero