How To Get Password From Shadow File?
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Shadow files are text files on Linux systems that store encrypted passwords for user accounts. The passwords in the shadow file are not encrypted with a simple algorithm like DES, but instead use a one-way hash. As such, it is not possible to get the actual password from the shadow file. Instead, security administrators can only use brute force methods to try to guess the password.
In order to get the password from a shadow file, you will need to use a tool such as John the Ripper to crack the encrypted password stored in the shadow file. John the Ripper is a free, open-source password cracking tool that can be used to recover lost passwords from various types of shadow files.