Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 17:38:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@devrycols.edu> To: Jargo Liib <jargo@liib.ee> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9810101736530.218-100000@insomnia.local.net> In-Reply-To: <001a01bdf483$21a693e0$120107d4@jargolii>
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> 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?? > No, you can't look it up for him. UNIX passwords are encrypted using a one way hash. That means that they cannot be decrypted. What you can do however, is change the password for him. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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