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Posted - 2003-02-18 : 23:46:17
Tim writes "I have just taken over Administration of a Database Server with 7 individual Databases on it. My problem is that the previous DBA changed all the passwords for the users and dbo's is there a way for me to retrieve them? I can log on as SA."

smccreadie
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Posted - 2003-02-19 : 07:09:24
Contact the previous DBA or change them again if you've got the SA login.

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tkizer
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Posted - 2003-02-19 : 12:30:16
There is no way to get the passwords. In order for you to know them, you will need to change them like smccreadie suggests.

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