Please note, I am new to ubuntu system and need some help.
My /etc/passwd
and /etc/shadow
files have the following details:
/etc/passwd
:root:x:0:0:Super-User:/:bin/sh
/etc/shadow
:root:giPrt.M0Q66Yc:1:0:99999::::
I understand that the passwd file has the root password set to x
which means it is encrypted as listed in shadow file.But the root password in the shadow file has a different format compared to the following format:
$1$
is MD5,$2a$
is Blowfish,$2y$
is Blowfish,$5$
is SHA-256,$6$
is SHA-512,$y$
is yescrypt,
So, my question is, is my password stored as plain text "giPrt" in the shadow file and what is "M0Q66Yc"?