| 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 |
I've got a GPX running generic decwindows on VMS v5.3. I noticed on some occasions that I'll enter my password on the pause screen, gain access to the workstation and the popup "incorrect password, acknologe" appears. My concern should be obvious, how can I give it the wrong password (by mistyping or whatever) and still get in? dave
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| 1964.1 | CR is considered and incorrect password | STAR::BROUILLETTE | Fri Dec 22 1989 11:21 | 10 | |
There is a timing problem in the session manager with the error box.
First, you have to understand that hitting a CR will pop up the
incorrect password error box. This is because NULL passwords can be
valid passwords for accounts on VMS. You are probably hitting an
extra CR, or hitting a CR before you type in the password. Either of
these scenerios will pop up the error box, since the CR will be flagged
as an incorrect password. So, the correct typing of the password is
what removes the pause screen. The CR is what signals the error.
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| 1964.2 | DNEAST::BOTTOM_DAVID | Just say no: Edward's Dam! | Wed Dec 27 1989 09:41 | 3 | |
Thanks, I feel considerably better now.. dave | |||||