HP 3000 Manuals

HP Security Monitor/iX User's Guide

Password Encryption 

When the password encryption feature is enabled by the system manager,
new passwords are automatically encrypted the first time they are entered
in the system.  This applies to all passwords:  account, group, and user.
Device passwords are always encrypted, whether encryption is enabled or
not.

Discussion 

The MPE/iX commands that display passwords (:LISTUSER, :LISTGROUP, and
:LISTACCT) display them in encrypted form.  Passwords are encrypted in
such a way that even privileged users can not recover a forgotten
password.  If you forget your password, you will have to pick a new one.

MPE/iX lets your system gradually convert from unencrypted to encrypted
passwords by allowing both to exist side by side.  The system keeps track
of which passwords are encrypted and which are not.  Old passwords stay
unencrypted.  As new passwords are added or old ones changed, the system
encrypts them automatically.


CAUTION  Your old password is not encrypted.  The system leaves your old
         password unencrypted until you change it.

MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation