Get unencrypted user password

[mangrur]

Is it possible to get the unencrypted password of a user? My guess is no as that would be a security hazard, but i wanted to verify.

cheers
rajin

[jmestep]

In Able 5.5, we were able to go to marketing--> send email--> select a user--> select to send lost password email and then preview the message. I haven't found anything in Able 7yet.

[mangrur]

Thanks for your quick reply Judy. So it seems if a user forgets their password, the only option right now is to reset it through the admin, then user can log in and change it; is that correct?

rajin

[Mark Harris]

There was some code posted for the password generation, and if i remember it correctly - it's single direction, not something you can decrypt.

[jmestep]

Mangur,
Either that or they should be able to send themselves a forgot password email.

[Logan Rhodehamel]

Just to follow up, in AC7.0 the password is one direction only. We use a salted SHA1 hash, there is no way to get the original text back.