ubuntu's brute force

peanut · 04-02-2006, 04:19 PM

hey, I have recently read an article on the internet that if you use the ubuntu live cd distro you can crack the windows administrator password. it says all you need to do is boot from cd and it will automatically find a SAM file and start cracking it??? ive tried this but it just boots normally into ubuntu so does anyone know how to use ubuntu live cd to crack passwords (for legit purposes)???? thanks peanut

Addis · 04-02-2006, 03:39 PM

Ubuntu doesn't crack passwords unless you use some tool to do it, its not that type of software.

However, there is a very similar linux live cd that does that . I can see why there was confusion. Ophcrack is based on an Ubuntu live CD, but has the tools needed to crack it. Ubuntu on its own won't do it.

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/ -info page
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/o...a.iso?download download isos here

Anti-Trend · 05-02-2006, 12:51 AM

Of course, it's much easier to just use a live Linux distro to simply change your password than to try and brute-force it. Who needs to know it when you can reset it?

Impotence · 13-02-2006, 12:57 PM

Depends who's password your trying to find out

if it was my own pasword, i would reset it, however, if it was the Local Admin password on oen of the machines at school, i would want to know the actual password so i could *explore* every computer (The EST tecs use ghosts, so all the passwords will be the same)

04-02-2006, 04:19 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
peanut Geek Trainee Join Date: Jun 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 45 Status: Offline	ubuntu's brute force hey, I have recently read an article on the internet that if you use the ubuntu live cd distro you can crack the windows administrator password. it says all you need to do is boot from cd and it will automatically find a SAM file and start cracking it??? ive tried this but it just boots normally into ubuntu so does anyone know how to use ubuntu live cd to crack passwords (for legit purposes)???? thanks peanut

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Addis The King Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 5,255 Times Helpful: 403 My Mood: Drunk Status: Offline My Computer	Ubuntu doesn't crack passwords unless you use some tool to do it, its not that type of software. However, there is a very similar linux live cd that does that . I can see why there was confusion. Ophcrack is based on an Ubuntu live CD, but has the tools needed to crack it. Ubuntu on its own won't do it. http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/ -info page http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/o...a.iso?download download isos here __________________ Never trust a program you don't have the source code for. My website \| Powerful Desktop Linux \| Linux for human beings \| Linux for power users \| Linux for ricers

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Impotence May the source be with u! Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 19 Male Posts: 1,878 Times Helpful: 126 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	Depends who's password your trying to find out if it was my own pasword, i would reset it, however, if it was the Local Admin password on oen of the machines at school, i would want to know the actual password so i could explore every computer (The EST tecs use ghosts, so all the passwords will be the same) __________________ Dear intel,Already Made My Decision Never trust a computer you can't repair yourself. Windows Vista - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware Why Linux is Better!\|Pastafairianism\|Say no to National ID\|Firefox Extensions Guide scientology has been getting alot of attention recently When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die. Where are the WMD's that our governments used to justify the war?

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