From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::CRVAX.SRI.COM::RELAY-INFO-VAX" 1-NOV-1990 18:24:56.29 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" CC: Subj: Re: VMS 5.4 upgrade Received: by crdgw1.ge.com (5.57/GE 1.76) id AA29552; Thu, 1 Nov 90 17:25:54 EST Received: From UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU by CRVAX.SRI.COM with TCP; Thu, 1 NOV 90 11:02:02 PDT Received: by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (5.63/1.42) id AA17249; Thu, 1 Nov 90 10:48:23 -0800 Received: from USENET by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU with netnews for info-vax@kl.sri.com (info-vax@kl.sri.com) (contact usenet@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU if you have questions) Date: 1 Nov 90 18:30:03 GMT From: usc!samsung!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!seymour@ucsd.edu (Richard Seymour) Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Subject: Re: VMS 5.4 upgrade Message-Id: <10427@milton.u.washington.edu> References: <0093F05B.4D7B8FE0@teak.stl.stc.co.uk>, <1990Nov1.010139.670@spcvxb.spc.edu> Sender: info-vax-request@kl.sri.com To: info-vax@kl.sri.com In article <1990Nov1.010139.670@spcvxb.spc.edu> terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr) writes: > The new password history business is automatic. If you need to disable it, >you'll need to do a global change to all your UAF records. It's easy to type, >but takes a while if you have a lot of usernames. i'd forgotten about that (it's only a 2-user system, and only one person tried to change his password, so i didn't notice the usual "office filled with users" syndrome of major hiccups). For those (like me) who couldn't find the new Authorize flag in HELP, you can "globally" disable the dictionary-search and history-check by: $run authorize auth> MOD */flag=(disPWDdic,disPWDhis) and/or you can limit the history depth by $define/system/exec sys$password_history_limit NNN with "nnn" being the number you wish (60 is default)