On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 21:20 -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > I remember getting burned by different passwds for same user back in > the 1980's ... can't remember the specifics. Though I am certain > things have gotten much better in dealing with networks and protocols, > I thought there was still some reason why passwd should be the same? Perhaps with Samba shares, and automatic reconnections since last accessing them? But I can't think of anything that requires passwords be the same on each, or even for any way for the other side to be able to tell that you've used the same password as it has stored. Generally, it's can you logon or not, however that's achieved. There's the simplicity of only having to remember one password, versus the handing someone else your logon credentials on a plate to go hacking you everywhere... Windows SMB used to be a great one for that. Try to connect to a shared resource that requires a password, or simply discover a new one that's been shared to your LAN, and Windows would helpfully send your username and password to see if they'd do. Way back in the olden days of Win95/98, they'd often be sent in plain text. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
