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<blockquote data-quote="Exodist" data-source="post: 1617608" data-attributes="member: 284358">Being able to get into a UNIX of Linux machine without admin password has been around since the dawn of time. But requires the user to physically be at the keyboard to do this and requires a system wide restart. As far as the password file is in the /var directory and is encrypted without the &quot;hold on, wait for it..&quot; Thats right, the PASSWORD... LOL You can't even see whats in the file. It pretty much looks just like this:So Eh.. No worries. The file can be hacked, yea quiet easily on a *Nix based system, but it would likely take anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks, depending on the complexity of the password.But thats if you allow the person remotely onto your system to start with to get the password. Modern firewall in OSX allows the user to allow or prevent this. Obviously this is something most everyone wants turned off unless you want to work on your computer at work from home.At least thats my two cents..Cheers,Joe</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Exodist, post: 1617608, member: 284358"] Being able to get into a UNIX of Linux machine without admin password has been around since the dawn of time. But requires the user to physically be at the keyboard to do this and requires a system wide restart. As far as the password file is in the /var directory and is encrypted without the "hold on, wait for it.." Thats right, the PASSWORD... LOL You can't even see whats in the file. It pretty much looks just like this: So Eh.. No worries. The file can be hacked, yea quiet easily on a *Nix based system, but it would likely take anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks, depending on the complexity of the password. But thats if you allow the person remotely onto your system to start with to get the password. Modern firewall in OSX allows the user to allow or prevent this. Obviously this is something most everyone wants turned off unless you want to work on your computer at work from home. At least thats my two cents.. Cheers, Joe [/QUOTE]

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