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08-10-2003, 03:01 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 4
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viewing my password
Hello all!
Which linux command can i use to view my password?
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08-10-2003, 03:18 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Distribution: Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04)
Posts: 1,044
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you cant..thats what password protection is.  |
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08-11-2003, 11:48 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 255
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hehe..true true  |
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08-11-2003, 11:50 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Halifax, NS
Distribution: Debian, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Fedora
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And why would you want to view your password anyway?
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08-11-2003, 11:56 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
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write it on a piece of paper and view it that way, thats about the only way your going to achieve this |
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08-12-2003, 08:30 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Distribution: Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04)
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write it on a piece of paper and view it that way, thats about the only way your going to achieve this
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Haha you are funny DrOzz |
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08-12-2003, 11:25 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Göteborg
Distribution: Arch Linux (current)
Posts: 553
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lol
...and now to the constructive comments  If you've screwed up and forgot your password you can change it by issuing "passwd <username>" as root. |
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08-12-2003, 11:52 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Distribution: RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, SUSE
Posts: 1,403
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DrOzz... that's a good one.  |
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