[Info-vax] OT: Review your password-checking $acm[w] calls

[Paul Sture]

On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:41:06 -0400, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> On 2013-10-24 10:06:31 +0000, Stephen Hoffman said:
> 
>> The following is an OpenVMS Programming Public Service Announcement for
>> both of the folks that are still reading this comp.os.vms newsgroup,
>> still programming VMS, using sys$acm[w] to check the user passwords,
>> please check your $acm[w] system service call source code...
>> 
>> If you neglected to include the logon type (ACME$_LOGON_TYPE) itemcode
>> as network (ACME$K_NETWORK) — which requires the IMPERSONATE privilege;
>> formerly known as DETACH — then your calls will work just fine in most
>> conditions...
> 
> Additional recent experiences with $acm[w], via Jim Duff:
> <http://www.eight-cubed.com/blog/archives/001271.html>

>From Jim's article:

" And to make matters worse, OpenVMS Engineering still haven't fixed the 
documentation feedback form that produces a page not found error when you 
hit the submit button."

Link:
<http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/fb_doc.html>