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- From: LABELLES@ZENO.MSCD.EDU (Stephen LaBelle - MSCD)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: operator accounts
- Message-ID: <01GTR4XQ24XU8WW6CB@ZENO.MSCD.EDU>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 02:22:54 GMT
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- CXNHJP@MANADON-ENGINEERING-COLLEGE.AC.UK writes:
-
- > Could anybody out there please tell me what the best way to set operator
- > accounts up is, ie. should the different operators go though their own
- > accounts, or should there be a common account with full privs. Is it
- > possible to give privs only on request using com, exe programs without
- > having to give the setprv priv initially .... ???
-
- > Any thoughts on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
-
- There is not a best way to setup operator accounts! You must do what works
- best for your site.
-
- You can control priviledges and still allow your operators to do their work
- by setting up one or more restricted accounts. Look at the restricted flag
- for UAF records. I personally like using the "RESTRICTED" flag, VMS takes care
- of some of the security issues as far as breaking out to the dollar sign.
- I challenged a couple of my operators to break it they could not.
-
- Someone would then need to setup and design an operator envoronment,
- utilizing DCL or ???. Your operators login to their environment and are
- restricted to it. DCL has to be part of the environment as operator commands
- are DCL commands. This could be done as a MENU type thing.
-
- My description is very simplistic. Significant work is needed to do this!
- Lots of programming and testing. I have seen this basic concept work at many
- VMS sites.
-
- WARNING!!! I would be very careful about creating fully priviledged
- accounts unless there is a reason. The ramifications go without saying.
-
- Steve
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