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Date:      Sun, 11 Oct 1998 14:42:07 -0400
From:      Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
To:        Jargo Liib <jargo@liib.ee>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 
Message-ID:  <3620FBFF.518E8102@aei.ca>
References:  <001a01bdf483$21a693e0$120107d4@jargolii>

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> Jargo Liib wrote:
> 
> Hello gurus,
> 
>     I have a problem concerning one of my users -- the unfortunate
> fellow has forgot his password and asked me to look it up for him.
> Becouse I'm the root, I can do this but I don't know how. Can you
> please help me, please??
> 
> Jargo
> 
I'm not particulary a gurus but:
No one can look for a password. It's crypted and even the root cannot
look at it. But you can reset it (ie, give him a new password).
Use the "passwd" command.
See "man passwd"
Cya
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[Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/]

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