[X4U] Software to reveal passwords

Stroller macmonster at myrealbox.com
Sun Aug 19 07:20:16 PDT 2007


On 19 Aug 2007, at 05:27, Daly Jessup wrote:
> At 11:05 PM -0500 8/18/07, Ed Gould wrote:
>> On Aug 18, 2007, at 10:51 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>> Why do you think its available on MS systems only?:)
>
> What, do you know a way to see the password for an OS X account?

Perhaps you would have got the joke if Mr Gould had phrased his reply:

    "Ah! No wonder such utilities are available for Windows!"

?

Stroller.



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