TACL Reference Manual

UTILS:TACL Commands and Functions
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REMOTEPASSWORD Command and RPASSWRD
Program
REMOTEPASSWORD Command and RPASSWRD Program
Use the REMOTEPASSWORD command to run the system program RPASSWRD,
which adds or deletes remote passwords.
\node-name
is the name of the system where the remote password is to be in effect. If this is
your local system, then remote users with your user ID (normally, you) can access
your local system if they have set the same remote password for\node-name on
the remote system.
Conversely, if \ node-name is the name of a remote system, you can gain access
to that system if password matches the remote password established for \node-
name by a person with your user ID on that system.
password
is the remote password. It can contain from one to eight alphanumeric, nonblank
characters. The password is case-sensitive; lowercase letters are not changed to
uppercase.
Considerations
•
If you omit password, your remote password for \node-name is deleted. If you
omit \node-name, all of your remote passwords are deleted
If you omit both parameters, TACL returns this prompt:
Do you really want to delete all of your remote passwords?
If you type y or yes (either uppercase. lowercase, or any combination of
uppercase and lowercase characters), password deletion occurs.
RPASSWRD also prompts first to verify that deleting your remote passwords is
what you actually intend to do.
•
You must establish remote passwords before you can access remote systems in a
network. To gain access to a remote system, you must have identical remote
passwords in effect on both the system where you are logged on and the remote
system.
•
If RPASSWRD detects a null character in a remote password, it aborts without
changing the remote password. Null characters can inadvertently be included by
entering certain control-character combinations at a terminal. See the user
documentation for your terminal for a list of control characters that might interfere
with your terminal operation.
•
See the Guardian User’s Guide for information about the use of remote passwords
in network security.
REMOTEPASSWORD [ \node-name [ , password ] ]