"Password may contain only A-Z, 0-9, $ and _ characters!" LOOP

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"Password may contain only A-Z, 0-9, $ and _ characters!" LOOP

Post by starlet » Mon May 01, 2023 5:29 pm

I'm installing X86E921OE.ISO in VirtualBox version 7.0.8 (Windows 10), and everything runs OK until the installation
bit where I get asked this, nothing is accepted:

Password for SYSTEM account:
Password may contain only A-Z, 0-9, $ and _ characters!
Password for SYSTEM account:
Password may contain only A-Z, 0-9, $ and _ characters!
...
No matter what I type (in Putty), it won't accept any combos of uppercase letters, lengths (8-31), etc.
If the length is outside the 8-31 range, it will say so, but it rejects everything else... I've created
dozens of SYSTEM passwords during VMS installations in my life...

Anybody else see this?

My disk, VMSx86.VMDK is 6GB only. I've seen others use .VDI format. Does this matter?
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Re: "Password may contain only A-Z, 0-9, $ and _ characters!" LOOP

Post by sodjan » Thu May 04, 2023 11:12 am

Note that this issue with entering passwords is, as far as I know, only when running Putty against the "console".
As when performing an initial install.

When running "as usual" over telnet or SSH, you do not need these adjustments in Putty.


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Re: "Password may contain only A-Z, 0-9, $ and _ characters!" LOOP

Post by jreagan » Fri May 05, 2023 4:28 pm

I use PuTTY with Virtual Box.

Make sure it is set to "raw" and local echo / local line editing set to "force off".


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Re: "Password may contain only A-Z, 0-9, $ and _ characters!" LOOP

Post by starlet » Fri May 05, 2023 6:47 pm

Thanks! I've solved it thanks to various links and tips in here, plus the EXCELLENT official docs, that I did not read beforehand! RTFM strikes at all ages...

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