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Where are Mac user account passwords stored?

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Mar 15, 202625673 views
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How can I access the encrypted value of a local user account password in osx? Would it be possible to check against it or even copy it to another account?

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The hashes were in in 10.6 and earlier, but they are stored in in 10.7 and 10.8. You can print the hash data with DaveGrohl ( ) or something like this: If automatic login is enabled, the password of the login keychain is also stored in encrypted wit…

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