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unshadow — Utility provided by the John the Ripper project to obtain the traditional Unix password file if the

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Problem

How to use the unshadow command: Utility provided by the John the Ripper project to obtain the traditional Unix password file if the system uses shadow passwords. More information: <https://www.openwall.com/john/doc/>.

Solution

unshadow — Utility provided by the John the Ripper project to obtain the traditional Unix password file if the system uses shadow passwords. More information: <https://www.openwall.com/john/doc/>.

Combine the /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd of the current system:
sudo unshadow /etc/passwd /etc/shadow


Combine two arbitrary shadow and password files:
sudo unshadow {{path/to/passwd}} {{path/to/shadow}}

Code Snippets

Combine the `/etc/shadow` and `/etc/passwd` of the current system

sudo unshadow /etc/passwd /etc/shadow

Combine two arbitrary shadow and password files

sudo unshadow {{path/to/passwd}} {{path/to/shadow}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/unshadow

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