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From: Matteo <dark () isnc ch>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:38:11 +0200

Hi,

I'm using Mac OS 10.2.8 Server and today I was quite surprised to see that a normal user on my server can obtain the encrypted passwords of all the user just using the command "nidump password .":

bash-2.05a$ nidump passwd .
nobody:*:-2:-2::0:0:Unprivileged User:/dev/null:/dev/null
root:*EncryptedPass:0:0::0:0:System Administrator:/var/root:/bin/tcsh
...

Isn't this a security flaw? Is Apple going to fix it in the next release of Mac OS X (Panther)? Now, how to prevent users to see the passwords of the other users?

Thanks


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