Cov passwords ntawm yuav luag txhua tus tsim ntawm Unix yog xaiv yuav luag tam sim ntawd. Piv txwv li, Brian Kernighan tus password yog qhov yooj yim-rau-hom ua ke "/.,/.,," Dennis Ritchie tus password yog "dmac," Kirk McKusick's yog "foobar," thiab Stephen Bourne's yog "bourne."
Qhov kev zam yog Ken Thompson tus password. Hauv 2014, tom qab ob peb hnub ntawm kev suav, tsis pom tus password. Ob peb hnub dhau los tau ua ib qho kev sim ntxiv thiab tom qab ntau tshaj 4 hnub ntawm kev twv siv hashcat ntawm lub kaw lus nrog AMD Radeon Vega64 daim npav video, tus password tau txiav txim siab (qhov kev kwv yees ua tau zoo yog 930 lab hashs ib ob). Tus password hloov mus ua "p/q2-q4!" Chess lovers tau txiav txim siab tias qhov no yog qhov pib ib tug xov tooj ntawm chess qhib Π² piav qhia. Ken Thompson paub tseeb hais tias qhov kev xav no.