Hi Ed, In those days, our IBM folks could get a bit testy if their (the default IBM ids) didn't work - with the default passwords. So, those ids were limited as to where they could be logged on. In those days, no remote access. Inside, id verified, escorted, watched, etc.
Linda Sent from my iPhone On Jan 23, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Ed Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > Linda: > > Back in the 80's (early if I remember correctly. I was at a Christmas party > in an office and I noticed a VM logo on on of the screens. > I tried logging on as IBMCE to VM and used the vanilla password that comes > with VM IPO. It worked so everyone don't go patting themselves on the back. > > ED > > On Jan 23, 2013, at 1:09 AM, Linda wrote: > >> That is very sad. Poor fellow. >> >> For others, in other circumstances, sometimes things are well hidden even >> though they appear to be in plain sight. One particular system that I often >> had to log on to, I had written the password on a stickie posted to the >> front edge of my monitor. Or so folks thought. ;). And it really was the >> password - or would be with the secret offsets applied. That formula was not >> posted or shared anywhere, of course. >> >> Linda >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > ----------SNIP----------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
