Peter, a freelance Security Auditor and Penetration Tester, was working on a pen testing assignment for Xsecurity. George is an ESCA certified professional and was following the LPT methodology in…

Peter, a freelance Security Auditor and Penetration Tester, was working on a pen testing assignment for Xsecurity. George is an ESCA certified professional and was following the LPT methodology in performing a comprehensive security assessment of the company. After the initial reconnaissance, scanning and enumeration of the target, he targeted a Windows machine that had the following information stored on it: the retc/passwd file and the retc/shadow file. Peter discovered that the retc/passwd file contained multiple usernames but one of the passwords was stored as a single "*" character. What should George perform to retrieve the actual passwords?