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From: paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell)
Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: How safe is UUCP?
Message-ID: <230@taniwha.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 88 19:42:11 GMT
References: <4950@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> <811@mailrus.cc.umich.edu> <1555@ssc.UUCP> <573@dover.uucp> <2343@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
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Organization: Taniwha Systems Design, Oakland
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In article <2343@ddsw1.MCS.COM> karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM(Karl Denninger) writes:
>In article <573@dover.uucp> waters@dover.UUCP (Mike Waters) writes:
>>
>>The first version of VMS (1.0) came with ann account FIELD, password
>>SERVICE !!!!! DEC's field service got upset if you changed the
>>password. 
>What's worse is that DEC ships VMS with a "SYSTEM" account, with the password
>"MANAGER".  This firm neither changes that password nor tells others to do

To be fair the System Manager documentation tells you to change these passwords
as part of system installation (also the password for UETP). It was always
the first thing I did after installing a VMS system. Anyone who installs
such a system and doesn't read the release notes and/or doesn't do this
isn't doing their job!! Field Service only complained once, I just showed them
the manual ...

	Paul

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