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From: R742MS5U@VB.CC.CMU.EDU (Marc Shannon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Strange problem with DECnet
Message-ID: <8805160323.AA08107@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 22 Apr 88 16:10:32 GMT
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We've recently had a strange thing happen with our "anonymous" access to
DECnet (user DECNET).  Some time late last week, people could not access
our machine without a username and password.  Incoming MAIL, FAL, FINGER,
etc (all except SET HOST) all started failing with "login information
invalid at remote node".

As far as I ~know~, nothing in NCP has been changed.  In order to get
everything working again, I had to go into NCP and execute a SET EXECUTOR
NONPRIVILEGED USER DECNET PASSWORD DECNET.

Oh, as another curious note, ACCOUNTING shows LOGFAILs for "Username:
DECNET" and final status code "%LOGIN-F-NOSUCHUSR, no such user"???  There
is a DECNET in our SYSUAF but when I try DIR CMCCVB"DECNET DECNET":: it works
just fine.

Anyone have any clues to this strange anomaly?

--Marc Shannon
  Carnegie-Mellon University
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