etc/shadow file decryption

[ndaka123488]

Hi

Is there a way I can view the encrypted passwords
contained in the shadow file in a readable format as root on fedora?

Regards

[Irithori]

These are hashed and possibly salted strings.
The algorithm varies.

But in general: If you have file access to /etc/shadow, you can start brute force attacks on it.

That said: I wont tell how.
And in case this is about forgotten passwords: I would suggest to set new ones.

[Domino]

Hi

Is there a way I can view the encrypted passwords
contained in the shadow file in a readable format as root on fedora?

Regards

You can try but I seriously doubt any one will help you with this here, If you have root just change the passwords.

or if you suspect a bad password file you can use the built in tools to convert the shadow to a file and vice versa.

[meton_magis]

As Irithori pointed out above, the passwords are Hashed, not encrypted. It is not a reversible process. When you log in, Linux hashes your given credentials to see if they match the hash in /etc/shadow.
I believe that Fedora / RHEL are using sha256 now, which to find a collision (a matching hash without you knowing the original password,) would take a long time, longer than you have to live (you can see SHA-256 algorithm encryption - VBForums for 1 guys guesstimate.)

If you can provide us the end result you're looking for, maybe we can help you further, but I suspect the "just change the password" method will be best.