Just curious, what could an attorney do? What laws would govern the
requirement for someone to give a password back to an ineffeciently
ran company? What is stopping that individual from 'forgetting' the
password?
From: Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: root password unknown
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jack Hatfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 2:07 PM
>Subject: root password unknown
>
>
>>I had someone leave and they only knew the password.
>
>
>You're going to get lots of technical answers, so I'll leave that part
>alone.
>
>But there's a non-technical solution to this. One phone call from your
>attorney, and you'll have that password back.
>
>Then, hopefully, next time that password will be known to the administrator
>*AND* somebody else, such as his supervisor, at the minimum.
>
>This, of course, wouldn't prevent him from changing it right before he
left,
>which is why you need to keep the non-technical solution in mind because
you
>may need it.
>
>You're talking about someone taking a deliberate action that deprives you
of
>the use of your company's property. That's grounds for a great lawsuit.
So
>you let your attorney call him and politely ask for the password.
>
>Takes less time than cracking it, unless there's a known buffer-overflow
>hole that hasn't been closed on your system.
>
>
>
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