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Re: Modifying SSH to Capture Login Credentials from Attackers


From: dramacrat <yirimyah () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:50:12 +1000

yes yes, the local root shouldn't know the passwords of the users just like
the users shouldn't reuse passwords.

But we're meant to be dealing with the real world, right?

2009/9/30 <jfch () jagda eu>

All standard users have read access to /var/log/auth, so if root

they shouldn't, at least on my default debian they don't ...

b


Even the (local) root shouldn't know the passwords of the users. They
often uses it on other systems....

JFCh



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