Dear All, Is there any way to disbale password encryption or simply put only use plain text passowrds ( I know it is a major security risk but just for the sake of doing ) I have tried pwunconv and also authconfig --disableshadow and authconfig --disablemd5 , even authconfig --disablekrb5 has been tried! Please Suggest : Just Think I only wish to use plain text passwords only ( even for the new users that i create using adduser command etc.) Please Any One Help Me in this regard ... Thanx in advance ;-)
How can I See the same passwd that I keyed in at logon in /etc/passwd At Login Screen -- just for the sake of experiment that whether the inbuilt password encryption mechanism can by disabled temporarily or not my question started with : Dear All, Is there any way to disbale password encryption or simply put only use plain text passowrds ( I know it is a major security risk but just for the sake of doing ) I have tried pwunconv and also authconfig --disableshadow and authconfig --disablemd5 , even authconfig --disablekrb5 has been tried! Please Suggest : Just Think I only wish to use plain text passwords only ( even for the new users that i create using adduser command etc.) Please Any One Help Me in this regard ... Thanx in advance ;-) Edit/Delete Message