[Linux-Discussion] question

  • From: bobbya <bobbya@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: linux-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:10:43 -0700

Paul,

I'm going to be recreating accounts on the new system, so I have to type
in their passwords again. Where would I get those
passwords if I didn't write them down? I can't expect 100 users to email
me their passwords or give them to me over the phone.
Where would I get the passwords?

Robert

>
> > It seems that the only way to keep
> > track of "users - passwords" is to write them down?
> >
> NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!
>
> NEVER WRITE DOWN USER'S PASSWORDS!
>
> Have them reset their own passwords.
>
> ---
> Paul Anderson
> geeky1!paul
> "Nature has been kinder to us than we had any right to expect.
>         --- Freeman Dyson


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