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Date:      Sat, 23 Mar 1996 22:16:45 +0100 (MET)
From:      Mattias Pantzare <pantzer@ludd.luth.se>
To:        Chad Shackley <sysop@gaianet.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Passwords
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.960323221048.4262A-100000@adolf.ludd.luth.se>
In-Reply-To: <199603231955.LAA12200@mercury.gaianet.net>

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On Sat, 23 Mar 1996, Chad Shackley wrote:

> Well, I guess I needed to explain it a little more, but the question *WAS* 
> very simple, how I find out what a user's password is.

You don't.

> they forgot it, I email them with that it is; rather than them telling me 
> they forgot it, me asking them what they want me to change it to, them 
> telling me, me changing it, emailing them the new one, and then they finally 
> can get into their accounts.

Set a new password for them, and tell them about it (you can't email it, 
they don't have the password, so they can't read the mail.).




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