>Somehow, it comes to mind that something... oh, sneaky, would be going on for >you to be asking how to get a players password. Somehow, I doubt that this >has anything to do with the well-being of your MUD. Passwords are a entirely >private, though corrupt System Adminstrators (IE, Imps), often use them to >their advantage. Many-a-times have I seen people lose data on their mud, or >be used in some other, sneaky way, because they used the same password on two >accounts. >So, this message is actually two-fold... one... don't use the same password on >two accounts if one is terribly important... two... >Why do you ask, Chuck? a) thanks for the vote of confidence b) i use it for finding multi-players from different ips c) it's helpful for when people claim they forgot their password, cause if the passwords are similar, it's most likely their char Also, if i was planning on using it to hack the pentagon, players still forfeit the right to their password, their ipaddress, or whatever else they use. Unfortunatly, I haven't been able to plan a scheme to take over the world like this yet . . . so there's no need to worry about my system administration being corrupted just yet. +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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