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From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Andre` Niel Cameron" <AndreC@Axxs.net>,
	"free bsd" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: RE: reading password 
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:08:37 -0400
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Umm...

	What would be the benefit of displaying the password as opposed to changing
it?  In fact, in the wrong hands, that could be even more detrimental to
system security than having to change it.

	If you're really hellbent on getting the password, there are various
hacking utilities out there that you could throw your passwd database file
at and let them run while they try to crack the encryption.

	Personally, you'd be better off simply changing the password.

--- Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andre` Niel
> Cameron
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 3:05 PM
> To: free bsd
> Subject: reading password
>
> Does anyone know of a way to display a users password incase they forget
> versus using passwd to set them a new password?
>
> Regards,
> Andre` C.
> Technical Support


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