topic Re: No System password in Operating System - OpenVMS

No System password

JKrucus — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 11:33:47 GMT

I have a new (to me) AlphaServer DS10L with console version 7. VMS 7.3-1. When I login at the console as System it logs in without asking for a password, which is a problem. Other accounts ask for a password. The sysuaf looks fine. Com1_mode in the console is set to snoop instead of through. Is this the problem?

Re: No System password

Steven Schweda — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:28:14 GMT

Have you tried "SET PASSWORD"?

> Com1_mode in the console is set to snoop
> instead of through.

Eh?

Re: No System password

Arch_Muthiah — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:47:07 GMT

JKrucus,

I thing your SYSTARTUP procedure has an entry to not to ask the SYSTEM password when you login from Console.

We can set this "NO password" option in SYSTARTUP_*.COM file, this is useful feature, this prevents situations where you are locked out from the machine should the password be changed or forgotten.

If you don't want you can comment out the following lines from your SYSTARTUP_*.COM file like this.....

$! No system password required for console.
$ write sys$output "[Modifying console settings]"
$ SET TERMINAL OPA0: /PERMANENT /NOSYSPASSWORD

Archunan

Re: No System password

JKrucus — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:56:59 GMT

That sounds plausible. I will check this when I get back to the office tonight.

Re: No System password

Ian Miller. — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:01:32 GMT

The system password ment here
$ SET TERMINAL OPA0: /PERMANENT /NOSYSPASSWORD
is not the password for the username system but a password to be entered before the username prompt.

If you login as system not on the console does it as for the password?

Re: No System password

John Gillings — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 22:29:26 GMT

when you say "sysuaf looks fine" are you talking about following the logical name "SYSUAF" or a specific file, like SYS$SYSTEM:SYSUAF.DAT? Or, perhaps you're just running AUTHORIZE and accessing a "private" SYSUAF.DAT in your login directory?

Please check the logical name. It may also help to enable login failure audits and see what they say when you try logging in.

I suspect the logical name SYSUAF points to a non-existent file.

Re: No System password

JKrucus — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:43:39 GMT

The set password worked.