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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

2390.0. "Password Expiration problem" by HPSRAD::LINDSEY () Mon Mar 05 1990 10:49

    
    I have a user whose password had expired and decwindows would not allow
    him to log in giving a truncation error.  He had to enter the system
    by means of setting host and then typing in the new password.
    
    Should DECwindows be able to handle this problem and bring up a screen
    for the user to change his expired password?  We are running VMS V5.3
    
    Thanks,
    
    Sue

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2390.1	QAR it	STAR::ORGOVAN	Vince Orgovan	`Mon Mar 05 1990 17:42`	3
	DECwindows should be able to handle any expired password in the same way as character-cell VMS loginout. Please QAR the details in the DECWINDOWS-IFT database on TRIFID.
2390.2	who suggests passwords that won't work anyway ?	HANNAH::OSMAN	see HANNAH::IGLOO$:[OSMAN]ERIC.VT240	`Tue Mar 06 1990 15:28`	10
	I seem to recall seeing a situation where the system attempted to SUGGGEST some random passwords, but when I tried to pick one of the suggested ones, it told me that the minimum length is 15. Why would it suggest passwords it won't even accept ? Is this a known already-qared problem ? /Eric
2390.3	implementation problem	NECSC::LEVY	Everybody's doin' that rag	`Wed Mar 07 1990 07:37`	11
	Seems to me the situation in .1 is a local implementation problem. The doucmentation on SET PASSWORD/GENERATE states that it will generate passwords of up to 12 characters. If a site decides to implement some restriction on passwords that the minimum is 15, then that will blow away the capability of using this tool. Shooting ourselves in the foot again? - Dave
2390.4	generated passwords unusable ?	HANNAH::OSMAN	see HANNAH::IGLOO$:[OSMAN]ERIC.VT240	`Fri Mar 09 1990 11:05`	8
	But I think INSPECT, that everyone is required to install, demands that certain accounts have a 15-character minimum for passwords. Hence it's kind of silly for the generated passwords to not be of the required length, right ? /Eric
2390.5	Generated < user-defined	GOFER::HARLEY	Skyking, Skyking, do not answer...	`Fri Mar 09 1990 13:23`	4
	Inspect requires priv'ed accounts to have either 8 character generated ot 15 character user-defined passwords. /harley