Felippe summed it up best (see below). For now, I just changed the root
password to be the same as my personal login. Good enough for me.
Thanks to Felippe and the others for the quick responses!
-Bill Sadvary
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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 14:17:42 -0500
From: "J. Felippe Beaklini" <felippe_at_tritium.fis.unb.br>
To: Bill Sadvary <sadvary_at_dickinson.edu>
Cc: k_at_fis.unb.br
Subject: Re: Pausing Workstation/Pwd
>
> When I "pause" the session on my AlphaStation 200 4/166 running DU v3.2D-1
> and try to get back in, strange things happen with the password.
>
> If I miss type the password, from then on it will only allow me back in
> *only* if I type the PREVIOUS password. On the first attempt it wants the
> current password and only that password, it won't take the previous pwd
> until after the first failed attempt.
>
>
It also take the root passwd. Apparently this is a bug of the system.
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J. Felippe Beaklini felippe_at_fis.unb.br
Dep. de Fisica - Instituto de Ciencias Exatas, Univ. de Brasilia
71910-900 Brasilia, DF - Brazil 55-61-348-2868
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Corruptos aquietem-se. Temos governo!
Os dos bancos que o digam.
My opinions are not my employer's. How sorry!
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Received on Wed Aug 21 1996 - 19:59:43 NZST