[dba-Tech] Password

[Gustav Brock]

Hi Rocky (and Peter)

You really should know that your password isn't stored anywhere except in your head - elsewhere it's a hash value of it only.

Novell implemented this technique very early and it has been adopted for any later serious use of password. That's why you never can have your password recovered, only "reset" - which means replaced with a temporary password you have to replace at the first login.

/gustav
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Fra: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> på vegne af Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
Sendt: 16. april 2017 06:07:51
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Emne: [dba-Tech] Password

I changed by password for my Microsoft account.  I was supposed to find that
he login password on my computer was changed to that new password.

Tonight I tried to change my login password but apparently my computer login
password is tied to my Microsoft account.

Am I not allowed to pick a password for my computer which is different from
my Microsoft account?  I don't want my login password to be in the cloud
somewhere.  I don't want it to be anywhere but in my head.

Is this a privilege I lost when I upgraded to W10?"

Rocky