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From: marra@samuel.enet.dec.com (Dave Marra)
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Subject: Re: QUEST for VAX users *********
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Date: 19 Mar 91 13:39:00 GMT
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>inde5wl@jetson.uh.edu writes:

>I am a amatuer VAX user. I have recently come across a small bug.

Why is it that if it isn't anything like U*ix or DOS, it's a bug?  Have
you ever heard
of security? 

>Some VAX operating systems remember old passwords and prevent you
>from using the same password if you wish to change it again.

Which ones? Ultrix, VMS, OSF/1?  Which VAX operating system.  
Actually, I've never heard of a "VAX" operating system.  Is this much
like the VAX vacuum cleaner found on Sears stores now?

>I wont rest until I find the answer.

Happy unrest....

						.dave.

+   Dave Marra                                                                 
+   TMF Engineering                                                            
+   X11/Motif/Shared Library Performance, Regression, and Validation suites    
+   Currently working AT DEC in Merrimack, NH