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Retrieve password without re-setting?

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Topic: Retrieve password without re-setting?

Posted By: toolson
Subject: Retrieve password without re-setting?
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 4:48pm

As an admin, is it possible to retrieve a users password if they have forgotten it? I know I can change it to somethign else and email them, but is there a way to find out what their old password was?

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 4:51pm

For security reasons passwords are 160bit one way encrypted so are almost impossible to recover.