Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities

From	David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.vms
Subject	Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities
Date	2016-06-23 12:57 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <nkf9es$14m$4@dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>> I don't think the default privs ever go away.  Could be wrong.  Too lazy to check.
> 
>    You can turn them off, so that your current process doesn't have them.
>    But when you try to turn them back on, the UAF will be consulted to see
>    if you're allowed to have them, not just your current process
>    privileges.  So you don't need SETPRV to get back something you're
>    authorized to have.
> 

Yeah, and the terminology is "authorized", not "default".

I just tried to turn them off, and they are still listed.  Not sure if they are 
set in the process tables, or just pulled from SYSUAF.  Back to "too lazy" ..

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VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-06-15 00:54 -0700
  Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2016-06-16 20:53 +0000
    Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-06-16 16:02 -0700
    Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-06-16 16:03 -0700
      Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-16 20:06 -0400
        Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities "Kerry Main" <kemain.nospam@gmail.com> - 2016-06-16 20:57 -0400
        Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities RobertsonEricW <robertsonericw@netzero.net> - 2016-06-21 05:29 -0700
          SEVMS, was: Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2016-06-21 13:02 +0000
          Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-21 11:20 -0400
            Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities Jerry Eckert <jerry.eckert@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 11:41 -0500
              Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-06-21 22:59 -0700
            Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-06-21 22:57 -0700
              Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-22 09:38 -0400
        Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities mcleanjoh@gmail.com - 2016-06-22 01:09 -0700
          Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-22 09:47 -0400
          Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-22 16:39 -0400
            Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-06-22 23:14 +0200
              Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities abrsvc <dansabrservices@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-22 14:41 -0700
                Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-06-22 19:03 -0700
              Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-22 17:48 -0400
                Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities Chris Scheers <chris@applied-synergy.com> - 2016-06-22 19:57 -0500
              Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-22 20:11 -0400
                Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities koehler@eisner.nospam.decuserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2016-06-23 09:19 -0400
                Re: VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-23 12:57 -0400

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