Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 00:06:10 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: sysop@gaianet.net (Chad Shackley) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passwords Message-ID: <199603230706.AAA05744@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603230504.VAA28720@mercury.gaianet.net> from "Chad Shackley" at Mar 22, 96 09:03:39 pm
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> I have a pretty simple question. How do I find out what someone's password > is? 1) Ask them "what is your password?". If they are critically stupid, go immediately to step 3b. 2) Log in as root and set it to a word you already know (like 'frog'; everyone knows that word...); then your problem is "how does someone find out that their password has been changed to 'frog'). 3a) You don't. That's the whole point of a password... they know it and you don't, so you can't pretend you are them. 3b) Pretending you are them is a crime called "wire fraud" in most of the US, and is a felony. Like robbing a 7-11. Be prepared to do time. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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