Last week's finds

From: Hans Hübner <hans_at_Huebner.ORG>
Date: Thu Aug 30 02:45:31 2001

On 30 Aug 2001, Iggy Drougge wrote:

> [VAXStation 3100] But what about breaking into this system? Is there any
> trick to forced entry into VMS, and what are you to do once you're inside?
> Any pointers for a VAX newbie?

You need to perform a conversational boot and then change the password of the
SYSTEM account.

http://www.savilltech.com/vmsfaq.html#A16 describes the easy way, which
sometimes does not work. The complete procedures are outlined in the OpenVMS
System Manager's Manual:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com:8000/ssb71/6017/6017p007.htm

-Hans


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