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- From: ppan@nobeltech.se (Per Andersson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: HELP!!! Security problem for gurus.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.000115.7362@nobeltech.se>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 00:01:15 GMT
- References: <B1FB21FFA27F004AEF@imimnvx.irfmn.mnegri.it> <1992Dec10.095514.1337@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
- Organization: NobelTech AB
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- In article <1992Dec10.095514.1337@galaxy.gov.bc.ca> ewilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts) writes:
- >In article <B1FB21FFA27F004AEF@imimnvx.irfmn.mnegri.it>, PSI%ITAPAC.22800002::PITCLS::ADRIANO@imimnvx.irfmn.mnegri.it (Adriano Santoni) writes:
- >>
- >> I need to avoid certain people to scan a directory of mine. This
- >> could seem a very trivial issue, if it was not for the following:
- >>
- >> o Some users of mine have (and need to retain) *ALL* privileges
- >As long as they are privileged, there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop
- >them from accessing your data. If they so chose, they could even use your
- >userid to do it.
- >
- >If you can't trust them with the privileges, don't give them out. Simple as
- >that.
-
- Oh, yes, there is something he can do. Use SE-VMS, the secure version of
- VMS. But then the machine will probably be unusable, unadministrable and
- slow. But secure.
-
- /Per
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