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Date:      Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:48:34 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Detaching program from controlling terminal
Message-ID:  <877ju84vj1.fsf@strauser.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040615134621.GA91079@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> (Matthew Seaman's message of "Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:46:21 %2B0100")
References:  <40CE8CB9.9050504@synthexp.net> <20040615131601.GA32001@millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com> <20040615134621.GA91079@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>

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At 2004-06-15T13:46:21Z, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> w=
rites:

> The fact that sysadmins generally don't know users' passwords, and have no
> practical means of finding them out if the user doesn't want them to know
> what it is.

Install and play with "john".  It was enlightening for me.

> Since the sysadmin doesn't know what the users' password is on the systems
> he admins, the user can safely use the same password on other systems with
> different admins.

For the sake of clarity, is that your belief, or are you explaining what
other peoples' opinions?
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser

"94 outdated ports on the box,
 94 outdated ports.
 Portupgrade one, an hour 'til done,
 82 outdated ports on the box."

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