Re: [cpx] Wishlist: forgotten password

[Scott Wiersdorf <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 08:42:18AM -0500, Rae French wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Anyone taking note of wishlist items? I'd like to see a Forgotten Password 
> reminder on the frontpage of the CPX. Any chance of getting that built in 
> soon?

Probably not. We don't store the passwords in plaintext anywhere,
which is standard on Unix.

Having said that, I could forsee an option sometime where the server
or domain admin would allow plaintext storage for later retrieval, but
this is a significant enhancement.

Scott
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