DEC VAXstation 3100 Owner's Manual page 132

3 If you have correctly entered the old password, the console will
respond with the console prompt (1 »>). Type in your new
password and press the Return key. Again, as you type in the
password, it will not echo on the screen.
Note This password must he a character string of exactly 16
hexa^cimal characters (0 through 9, A through F). It is
important that you mjoke a note ofyour password and store
it in a secure place. Ifyou forget your password, you must
call your Digital service representative to regain access to the
privileged console mode ofyour system.
4 The console will respond with the console prompt (2 »>).
lype in your new password again, for verification, and press
the Return key. Again, as you type in the password, it will not
echo on the screen.
5 If the two passwords that you have typed in do not match,
then the console will abort the command and the following
error message will be displayed:
?31 ILL PSWD
6 If the two passwords that you have typed in match, your new
password is preserved in nonvolatile memory, preserving the
password value, even if power is removed fi:om the system
unit.
Once your password is correctly entered, the password feature
can be enabled by setting the password enable bit (PSE) to a one.
Follow these steps to enable the password feature.
1 At the console prompt (»>) type in SHOW PSE and press the
Return key.
2 The console will respond with a 0 on the next Hne
3 At the console prompt (»>) type in SET PSE 1 and press the
Return key.
4 The password seciority feature is now enabled. You will no
longer be able to use the privileged commands without logging
in.
5 To test this, type in SHOW PSE at the console prompt (»>)
and press the Return key.
6 The console will respond with the following code:
?23 ILL CMD
Running Diagnostics 7-27