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 -- [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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