On 03/31/2015 12:08 AM, Jegadeesh Kumar wrote: <> > Is there any way to decry pt the password and get it as plain text. yes. but not inexpensive. from this group; http://www.openwall.com/ you will find; http://www.openwall.com/john/pro/linux/ and a shell script for using; http://linuxshellaccount.blogspot.com/2008/01/simple-linux-and-unix-password-cracker.html hth. -- peace out. in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g .