georgem@microso.UUCP (George Moore) (10/15/89)
[Speaking of Software Problem Reports] this one in the VAX System Dispatch
caught my eye:
OPERATING SYSTEM: VAX/VMS V2.1
PRODUCT: VAX/VMS
COMPONENT: LOGINOUT
GRPNAM SECURITY HOLE IN LOGIN
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
The GRPNAM privilege is an evil demon, allowing the user to
invoke its secret entrance for all manner of nefarious
purposes not originally intended.
RESPONSE FROM DEC:
The great wizard VMS confronted the demon, raised his great
oaken staff carved in ancient runes, and spoke the magic
incantation:
"$SETPRV IMAGEACTIVATIONENHANCEDPRIVILEGES $CMKRNL!!"
There was a blinding flash of light and puff of smoke, and
the demon, reduced to harmlessness, scurried off into the
distance.
Where his secret entrance had been was naught but a little
pile of ashes, which the wind slowly drifted into letters
spelling the words "FIXED IN V2.3".
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