[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Paul Sture]

On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:10:28 -0400, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> On 2012-08-28 18:11:28 +0000, Paul Sture said:
> 
>> And yes, on a couple of occasions  I did use those utilities to get
>> into the SYSTEM account when the normal guy was off sick and something
>> needed doing.
>> 
>> And restored the original SYSUAF so he could carry on as normal. :-)
> 
> Read off the hashed password (via $getuai) and save it, replace the hash
> with one of yours ($hash_password, $setuai), then eventually return the
> original hash with $setuai.  Or yes, the direct RMS analog,
> if you're on a release that predates $getuai and friends.

Yes, $getuai and friends are definitely more elegant. :-)

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Paul Sture