[Fwd: Re: [SLE] how to see passwords]
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I'm root on our lan with around 50 users. How can I get a list of their passwords?
You don't. Well, you could try to run something John The Ripper against /etc/shadow
You don't need to, as r00t, you can always su to them ;)
Also, how tolerant are other admins to users who have forgotten their password? At the moment all I can do is allocate them a new password :-( SuSE 8.1 server and clients.
I tend to give them a good kicking[1] then a new password, and encouragement to not forget them in future.
[1] Not really
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 April 2003 3:10 am, James Ogley wrote:
Also, how tolerant are other admins to users who have forgotten their password? At the moment all I can do is allocate them a new password
I'm fairly tolerant, mainly because I know *I* forget passwords [especially when I don't use them daily] OTOH, if this is for someone who SHOULD be logging in a bit more frequently than "when the mood strikes", well, I grumble a bit. However, I find that changing the password to "IFORGOT" tends to drive the point home. - -- Yet another Blog: http://osnut.homelinux.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://osnut.homelinux.net/TomEmerson.asc iD8DBQE+kVCJV/YHUqq2SwsRAsqEAKC2MUfeHhh23PZeyuAo/yzbCy1oiACfQWmT jgWPCRFcDuRwpdjeeOvfNHc= =tfXH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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