RE: Display User Password?

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

it is one way...



On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Don't think it can be done.
>
> AFAIK, it is a one way encryption.
>
> In order for the tools to do what they do, they simply encrypt some guesses
> and see if the encrypted version matches the encrypted password.
>
> HTH,
> Charles
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:43 AM
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> > Can be done.  Don't know how.  However if you GO SECTOOLS I
> > believe there
> > is a tool there to guess if users have easy to guess
> > passwords.  If not,
> > freebies are available from NETIQ, and others, to entice you
> > to look at
> > their security products.  I don't believe they come right out
> > and say what
> > those passwords are.  But if they can figure it out...
> >
> > Rob Berendt
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> > Once upon a time...
> >
> > a long time ago...
> >
> > in a galaxy far, far away..
> >
> > existed the dinosaur known as system 38...
> >
> > with a command to display all the passwords for all the system user
> > profiles. I cannot find anything looking like this now on my
> > release 5.3
> > box...does anyone know of a way to display passwords in our
> > current world?
> >
> > Thanks much.
> >
> >  Rick Rayburn
> > NYC
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