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From: dietrich@cernvax.UUCP (Dietrich Wiegandt)
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Subject: Re: Ris and the su password
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Date: 18 Jan 88 21:33:19 GMT
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Apologies.  I realized when I got mail from Fred Avolio at DEC (thank you,
Fred) that he could not reproduce the problem that our root password was
the culprit.

It contained a Ctrl-C and hence RIS exited when the password was typed in.

Moral: a) Think twice (at least) before you post an article describing your
	  problem

       b) Beware of control characters in passwords, at least of those that
	  can be interpreted in some way.


	Dietrich Wiegandt
	CERN DD-Division
CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland