VMS 5.4 AUTHORIZE issues

[Peter Coghlan]

Kyle Owen wrote:
>
> Just picked up a very complete MicroVAX 3800. I have very little experience
> with VMS as this is my first VAX. Mostly a PDP-8 guy, I suppose.
>
> I'm running through the change password procedure, which I had seen
> mentioned previously on this list:
>
> SET VAXCLUSTER 0
> SET /STARTUP OPA0:
> SET WRITESYSPARAMS 0
> CONTINUE
>
> SET NOON
> SPAWN /NOWAIT SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM
> SET DEFAULT SYS$SYSTEM
> RUN AUTHORIZE
>
> At this point, I get this:
> %DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image SECURESHRP
> -CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file
> R7CY2A$DIA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]SECURESHRP.EXE;2
> -SYSTEM-F-PROTINSTALL, protected images must be installed
> $
>
> What would I need to do to correct it to login?
>

You need an @ sign in front of SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM

(Sorry - I think I originally posted that procedure with the @ sign missing.)

Regards,
Peter Coghlan.