a little help with john & passwd

[mountainluau 0]

I found 2 files

passwd and passwd-

 

Both appear to be unshadowed.

 

John pulled default root pass from passwd

 

John gave false positive of "helpme" from passwd-

 

Both files were in /etc

 

I know the password that I've set on the DVR has to be stored somewhere.

 

What is passwd- and why did I get a false positive?

 

I have searched 50+ directories but not all.... where is the "white rabbit"?

 

I need a or some pointers.

 

BTW running HiLinux/Busybox.

 

Thanks

 

ML