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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: HELP!!! Security problem for gurus.
- Date: 30 Dec 1992 11:06:56 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <01GSUGEZ08J6006MJF@VAXF.COLORADO.EDU>
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- In article <01GSUGEZ08J6006MJF@VAXF.COLORADO.EDU>, DWING@UH01.Colorado.EDU ("Leave the cone man alone.") writes:
- >Carl J Lydick, CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU, writes:
- >
- >>Yup. READALL is a terribly misnamed priv. IHNSHO, DEC should've called the
- >>priv BACKUP, since that's what it's for.
- >
- >You know what would happen then:
- >
- > Programmer: I need to create a detached process.
- > System Mgr: Well, then you need DETACH privilege. Let me give it to you.
- > Programmer: I also need to use BACKUP to copy some files to tape.
- > System Mgr: Well, then you need BACKUP privilege. Let me give it to you.
- >
- >(For less-astute readers, DETACH is *not* needed to create a detached process.)
-
- For you young'uns out there: DETACH *USED TO BE* needed to create a detached
- process. Somewhere around VMS v4.0, DEC changed this so that you only need
- DETACH in order to create detached process under a UIC other than your own.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-