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From: wpe101_at_banet.net <(wpe101_at_banet.net)>
Date: Fri Nov 5 11:42:30 1999

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allisonp_at_world.std.com wrote:

>
> This is very true. VMS is not lax on granting prives but system managers
> can be. I found it handy to enable a limited set of prives for a SYSMAINT
> user that was nearly SYSTEM but not quite. FIELD was another default
> account that often had high privs. In any case it is a very flexible
> scheme.
>
> Allison

    Ah yes, default accounts.. Some system administrators used to fall victim to
failing to change the default passwords that VMS shipped with, ie.
Username: FIELD
Password: SERVICE

   IIRC, wasn't there an incident a few years back (NASA?) where access to a
TOPS-20 machine was gained by undesireables, using SYSTEM as the account,
and MANAGER for a password?

                                                                     Will
Received on Fri Nov 05 1999 - 11:42:30 GMT