Xref: utzoo comp.sys.dec:425 comp.os.vms:3769 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!princeton!siemens!fwb 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 References: <1288@inco.UUCP> Reply-To: fwb@siemens.UUCP (Frederic W. Brehm) Organization: Siemens RTL, Princeton, NJ Lines: 27 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederic W. Brehm Siemens Research and Technology Laboratories 105 College Road East Princeton, NJ 08540 (609) 734-3336 uucp: ihnp4!princeton!siemens!fwb or astrovax!siemens!fwb CSNet: fwb@siemens.com ARPA(?): fwb%siemens.com@RELAY.CS.NET "From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." - Dr. Seuss