Re: USER ID PASS validation on VMS

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From: Frederic W. Brehm
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1987 17:46

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In article <1288@inco.UUCP> fennell@inco.UUCP (Tim Fennell) writes:
>
>    I need to find a VMS utility that will allow me to 
>    validate a User ID and password.  

>    ...  I can't find a SYS$ or LIB$
>    funtion that will help.  If anybody knows of a way
>    please, help!!

DEC has nothing in the libraries to help you.  I had the same need and
called DEC software support.  Their response was "We do not support this,
and never will, because it is a possible security loophole."  The guy
mentioned that some recent DECUS VAXSIG tape had some user software which
would do the job.  I did not follow this up because I don't want to support
that software when DEC changes their encryption algorithm.

If there is software for this on a SIG tape, perhaps some kind person can
post it.

Fred
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From: fwb@siemens.UUCP (Frederic W. Brehm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: USER ID PASS validation on VMS
Keywords: VMS
Message-ID: <355@siemens.UUCP>
Date: 16 Dec 87 17:46:22 GMT
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