Viewing password
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I have made a login-page and have users. Is there a way to see what password the user have? It doesn´t seem to show when you click "manage users".
There a lot of methods to using login.. Some use active dr, some can be stored in the database.. I am sure you can get their password but a better question is should you ? I would say prob not, instead build a way for them to reset it and you too reset it... best not to care what their password is, as long as follows your security rules.
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I have made a login-page and have users. Is there a way to see what password the user have? It doesn´t seem to show when you click "manage users".
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You should never be able to see users password, if you do, so will others do. Have the rights to reset as suggested. Anyways, why do you want to see them?
I remain joe!
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The thing is that I am teaching a class and would like the students to be able to see what password they have chosen. Then again I only have to make sure that they write the passwords they choose.
Use a select statement and bind to the data to Grid... I still believe that seing passwords is wrong, people have to memorise their passwords, have an option to reset it and a forgot password option... I always encrypt my passwords - seing them will not make a difference. Hope that you are sorted.
I remain joe!
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The thing is that I am teaching a class and would like the students to be able to see what password they have chosen. Then again I only have to make sure that they write the passwords they choose.
Please don't do that :) I don't know what age your students are but in my opinion even the youngest kids should know that their passwords are personal and should not be shared nor written. If I recall correctly the asp.net application by default stores passwords as hashes, so without altering configuration you won't be able to read them. Like the others suggested, please just implement reset password. :)
-- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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Please don't do that :) I don't know what age your students are but in my opinion even the youngest kids should know that their passwords are personal and should not be shared nor written. If I recall correctly the asp.net application by default stores passwords as hashes, so without altering configuration you won't be able to read them. Like the others suggested, please just implement reset password. :)
-- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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The thing is that I am teaching a class and would like the students to be able to see what password they have chosen. Then again I only have to make sure that they write the passwords they choose.
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larsp777 wrote:
The thing is that I am teaching a class
Teaching them the wrong things is really not helping. Maybe you should take some more classes first.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
Teaching them the wrong things is really not helping. Maybe you should take some more classes first.
What do you mean are the wrong things?
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larsp777 wrote:
The thing is that I am teaching a class and would like the students to be able to see what password they have chosen.
Need I say more?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
The thing is that I am teaching a class and would like the students to be able to see what password they have chosen.
Need I say more?
Well, although I´m not a superexpert in the subject I think it´s a valid question. The answer seem not to be a simple one either given the answers. What I wanted to know was if you in a simple manor could view the passwords if the students forgot them. I really don't know what you mean by "teaching them the wrong things." If there is a way to view the passwords if you are administrator and I show them that then it is really a question of policy and not a technical one. So how would it help me to take a class?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
The thing is that I am teaching a class and would like the students to be able to see what password they have chosen.
Need I say more?
Well, although I´m not a superexpert in the subject I think it´s a valid question. The answer seem not to be a simple one either given the answers. What I wanted to know was if you in a simple manor could view the passwords if the students forgot them. I really don't know what you mean by "teaching them the wrong things." If there is a way to view the passwords if you are administrator and I show them that then it is really a question of policy and not a technical one. So how would it help me to take a class?
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If there was a way to view passwords on any system, then that system's security is compromised. As a teacher of IT you really should understand that.
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