How to retrieve user's password

[jxiong]

Is there a way to retrieve the active user's password?
I know how to retrieve the username using the
environ("username"), but don't know how to get the
password.

Really appreciate it if someone can help. Thanks in advance.

Jay

[Chris_SE]

What's this for?

[jxiong]

What I am trying to do is using his username and password
to login him/her into the mail server without asking him
again since his username and password is the same.

Jay

[barrk]

Why don't you just set up your mail server to accept NT Authentication. Then it will resolve itself without you having to have access to the user's password?

[Frans C]

I hope barrk's solution works for you, because NT offers no way to retrieve the user's password.

This is part of the c2 security specifications which NT is build on.

So only microsoft products can benefit from using the NT logon authentication.

[barrk]

I fell into the classic trap of assuming the world ran on Microsoft and that jxiong was using Microsoft software on his mail server....I think I've been brainwashed!!!

[jxiong]

Thanks for all of your help. I will see what I can do.
It is very sad to find out only Bill Gates can find everyone's password.