[K12OSN] finding user passwords

[Brian Chase]

I agree with Les, there are better ways to maintain full control of the 
system without knowing the students passwords.

Les Mikesell wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 08:26, Will Hatch wrote:
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>>this is a sex offender program.  We reserve the right to have access to all student passwords, folders, history. I didn't mention this earlier.  Sorry about that.
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>The system administrator always has access to everything that isn't
>encrypted, and rights to access can be delegated to others with
>appropriate group memberships and file modes.  It is always a good
>idea to make sure everyone is aware of this and the local policies about
>using these rights.   However, there is a good argument against knowing
>other passwords in that people very often re-use passwords on different
>systems.  And, of course, any plain-text copy of any password increases
>the chances that someone unauthorized will see or steal it.
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>  Les Mikesell
>   les at futuresource.com
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