Safeguard User's Guide (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

Safeguard Logon Dialog
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Changing Your Password With Blind Passwords
appears only if the password has an expiration date and the user is allowed to change
the password at this time. Another message indicates the date and time of the last
successful logon for this user. Most systems also display a greeting message that
typically includes the name of the system being accessed.
Another message describes failed logon attempts. Safeguard counts the number of
times a login fails, for example, when you mistype your password. Safeguard also
remembers the time that the last failure took place. The logon dialog message shows
the time of the last failed logon, and the total number of failures for your account since
it was created. If the message with this information changes unexpectedly, notify your
security administrator.
The following example shows how support.jane could log on if the Safeguard
configuration is altered to accept a user ID for logging on. This example assumes that
the user ID for support.jane is 12,115:
SAFEGUARD 1> LOGON 12,115
Password: alpha4
*WARNING* Password Expires: 4 Jan 1995, 12:00
Last Logon: 18 DEC 1994, 11:23
Last Unsuccessful Attempt: 18 Dec 1994, 11:20 Total Failures: 5
Good Morning. Welcome to \SFO
Changing Your Password With Blind Passwords
You can change your password as part of the logon sequence. Initially, the logon dialog
is the same as a normal logon. However, to indicate that you want to change your
password, type a comma at the end of your password. The system prompts you for a
new password and then requests reentry of the new password to verify it. The following
dialog shows a sequence in which support.jane changes her password from alpha4 to
BigTop:
SAFEGUARD 1> LOGON support.jane
Password: alpha4,
Enter new password: BigTop
Reenter new password: BigTop
The password for support.jane has been changed.
Last Logon: 18 DEC 1994, 11:23
Last Unsuccessful Attempt: 18 Dec 1994, 11:20 Total Failures: 5
Good Morning. Welcome to \SFO
Passwords are case-sensitive, so the Safeguard sof
tware recognizes uppercase and
lowercase letters exactly as you type them. Each time support.jane uses her new
password, she must remember to capitalize the letters B and T.
An alternative method of changing an unexpired p
assword is to enter the current
password, the new password, and the verification of the new password on the same
line. The following dialog shows this type of password change. The passwords must be
separated by commas:
SAFEGUARD 1> LOGON support.jane
Password: alpha4,BigTop,BigTop
The password for support.jane has been changed.