Thanks a lot Tom for your help.

I am a Software Consultant working for a Security company and we deal in
password resets via different means.
I write adapters so that using a general GUI a person can reset his/her
password on different systems like Windows NT, Active Directory/Win 2k,
RACF, and also create a wrapper over other security systems like Control SA,
Courion, Netegrity etc....

We need to build an adapter for HP3000 where a user can change his/her
password and so I need to do some ground work to find whether it is possible
or not and what are the requirements.

Can you guide me to the right place to find more details about the same?

Regards,
Anurag


"Tom Emerson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> On Monday 21 April 2003 6:18 pm, Varshney wrote:
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> > I have a couple of queries.
> > 1) What are the different OS that can run on HP3000 ?
>
> Technically [and perhaps legally] you can only run MPE/iX, although there
are
> several releases from 5.0 through 7.5 [actually, you *might* find systems
> running releases earlier than 5.0, but I'd stay away from them...]
>
> By using an "upgrade" (?) solution from HP, you can convert the system
from an
> HP3000 to an HP9000 and then run HP-UX, but I'd class that about the same
as
> running with a release prior to 5.0 [i.e., don't do it if you value your
> sanity ;) ]
>
> DEPENDING on the exact processor and possibly the hardware, you *might* be
> able to run Linux.  Debian's "woody" release can be installed on PA-Risc
> hardware, however be aware that some things simply won't be possible [like
an
> X-server display, or sound for that matter...]
>
> > 2) I have to write a program (in Java or C++) to externally reset a
> > password for a user on HP3000
>
> Before I give a detailed answer, I'll have to ask "why?"  As it is, there
are
> standard MPE commands to do this, so why re-invent the wheel?  [note:
> obviously, the system manager can view/set passwords for anyone, and
account
> managers can do the same for anyone within their "account", which is
roughly
> synonymous to a unix "group"]
> - --
> Yet another Blog: http://osnut.homelinux.net
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