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From: sparacin@tilde.csc.ti.com (Keith Sparacin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: RE: USER ID PASS validation on VMS
Message-ID: <38622@ti-csl.CSNET>
Date: 18 Dec 87 16:16:22 GMT
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   >In article <1288@inco.UUCP> fennell@inco.UUCP (Tim Fennell) writes:
   >>
   >>    I need to find a VMS utility that will allow me to 
   >>    validate a User ID and password.  
   >
   >>    ...  I can't find a SYS$ or LIB$
   >>    funtion that will help.  If anybody knows of a way
   >>    please, help!!
   >

I don't know about a VMS utility but there are calls you can make in VMS 4.7
(and earlier???) to validate a password.  Use sys$getuai to get the UAF record
for the username of interest.  Use lgi$hpwd to hash your password and compare
it with the UAF password.

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