5 Nov
1999
5 Nov
'99
3:03 a.m.
As memory (dimly) serves me, under VMS, any userid with "SETPRV" capabilities
would do it. There were some other priviledges, that, if carelessly granted,
could enable
a user to gain control of a system. IIRC, SYSNAM was one of them.
Will
"Zane H. Healy" wrote:
I have a
simple question (and --eek-- on-topic! ;-)
I know the superuser ID for Unix/Linux/OS-9 is 0, what I was wondering is
what is the superuser ID for VMS, M/PM or any other classic multiuser
systems... it's for a trivia question I do on my weekly radio program.
Thanks for any help,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
Are you talking UID, or login name? Not even sure some of them have
anything other than a login name.
OpenVMS:
Username: SYSTEM Owner: SYSTEM MANAGER
Account: SYSTEM UIC: [1,4] ([SYSTEM])
However, under OpenVMS it's possible to set up another account so it's
effectivally the SYSTEM account.
At least some Harris Mini's used 'SuperVulcan', I always thought that cool.
Isn't RSX-11M [1,54] for SYSTEM?
IIRC there wasn't a "superuser" under GCOS-8 (on a Honeywell DPS-8, etc.),
you just had superuser permissions. I assume the same was true under
GCOS-6, but I barely had a chance to use the DPS-6's.
The key word is that a lot of OS's aren't as stupid about security as UNIX
tends to be.
Zane