Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 19:15:12 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi@sfu.ca> To: sysop@gaianet.net (Chad Shackley) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passwords Message-ID: <199603240315.DAA05397@fraser.sfu.ca> In-Reply-To: <199603231955.LAA12200@mercury.gaianet.net> from "Chad Shackley" at Mar 23, 96 11:54:59 am
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> The main reason was, people do forget their passwords, and then they ask me > what it is. Rather than telling them to give me another password and > changing it for them, I was curious if there was a way to tell what their > current password was. You can't do this for security reasons. su to root and give them a new one, then have them change it to something else right after they log in. > I email them with that it is; NEVER NEVER NEVER send passwords via email. Email is insecure. You're setting yourself up for a break-in! My two cents... Kevin -- Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD mcquiggi@sfu.ca
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