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how to retrive password from AD

I was recently faced with an issue where I had to retrieve a user account (namely the password) details from the Active Directory. Is there any way to decrypt the password ? Or in plain terms is there any method to find out the user password without having to reset the account?


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Is your account used by any service? If so - it is relatively easy to dump this password from LSA if you have admin rights.
You an also create own password notification package and store all passwords in test file when they are changed.
Your question was "Is there any way to decrypt the password ?"
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i got the answer i couldnt see the section to assign points, it says either delete or request for attention
let me know how could i assign the points..i couldnt see the option "assign points"
Hey,

Am Wondering, Did you get the answer to retrive the password from AD?

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