[X4U] Software to reveal passwords

[Zane H. Healy]

At 7:47 PM -0600 8/18/07, Darlene Hess wrote:
>Sorry I wasn't very clear. Mostly I am looking for software that 
>will reveal passwords people use to login to the Xserve. When I sign 
>in as the administrator, I see their username and ***** or ********* 
>for their password. They will call and say that their password won't 
>work and I seem to be changing the password a lot, when really I 
>would like to tell them what that password is.

That would be a serious security violation.  Their password needs to 
be reset, and they need to change their password on first login after 
it is changed.  Under no circumstances should someone other than the 
account owner know the password to their account, or be able to get 
it.

		Zane


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