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Re: DEC system jokes

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From: robert berglin
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 18:12
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In article <1992Apr11.215338.19366@e2big.mko.dec.com> moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com writes:
>In article <926@pyrite.nj.pyramid.com>, bill@pyrite.nj.pyramid.com (Bill Pechter) writes...
>>The same feature existed in VAX/VMS through 3.5 (probably through 4.2 when I
>>stopped working with it... but I know it was in 3.5)
>
>>The neat thing is it was the only way I could get into VMS when I wrote the
>>login.com from hell.
>
>>Username: pechter/cli=mcr
>>Password: password
>
>>MCR>
>
>
>>I miss that feature today...
>
>It still works in VMS V5.5...
>
>You need VAX RSX for CLI=MCR to work, though.
>

You don't need VAX RSX for this one, though:

Username: pechter/nocommand
Password: password

It just requires that the system manager hasn't set your account /flags=captive
or /flags=restricted.

-Bob Berglin, Superconducting Super Collider, Dallas, Texas
 internet: berglin@sscux1.ssc.gov or berglin_ra@sscvx1.ssc.gov
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