unshadow

English

Etymology

Verb

unshadow (third-person singular simple present unshadows, present participle unshadowing, simple past and past participle unshadowed)

(transitive) To free from shadow; to allow to become illuminated.
(transitive, computing) To combine (a password file) with its corresponding "shadow file" in order to facilitate cracking of the passwords.

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