Username: (username here)
Password: (password here... does not echo)
$ (<-- this is your prompt)
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You will know if you have a VAX type system if you get the
"Username:" and "Password:" prompts. Anything is just extra that
helps you guess passwords.
GETTING IN A VAX BY ERROR:
=========================
I will only tell you one thing here. VMS 4.X and especially
VMS4.4 are goldmines. I am not going to go into this at all,
because it is a lengthy explanation that doesn't fit in the scope
of this message. You can find this discussion on ARPANET and
USENET. You can also get this information on CompuServe
Information Service, BYTE Information Exchange, and Digital
Electronics Corporation's VAX BBS. There is also a big problem
with VMS 5.1, but that doesn't involve getting in. If there are
enough requests, I will cover this information in another mes-
sage.
GETTING IN A VAX BY DEFAULT:
===========================
There are several default accounts that were put in by DEC
when testing and installing the VAX. These accounts have pass-
words which don't change from system to system. The SYSOP should
have removed these accounts or changed the passwords, but it is
not done a lot of times. Below, I have listed several defaults:
USERNAME PASSWORD
-------- --------
DECNET DECNET
* SYSTEST UETP
SYSTEST
SYSTEM SYSTEM
DEFAULT DEFAULT
* FIELD FIELD
OPERATIONS OPERATIONS
* SUPPORT SUPPORT
DEC
SYSTEST_CLIG CLIG
SYSTEST
TEST
Where I have listed several passwords, I have found the re-
spective usernames passworded that way as much as the default
password. The accounts with asterisks beside them are powerful
accounts by default.
