[mod.computers.vax] Correction to Privelege Query

STEINBERGER@SRI-KL.ARPA.UUCP (02/14/87)

In an earlier query, I stated that apotection mask was 1080004.  In fact it
is 108004, but my interpretation was correct.  I did err, however, in claim-
ing that when an unprivilege user runs the program that calls a priveleged
(SYSNAM) installed subroutine it raises (temporarily) the user's priv
to SYSNAM.  IN fact, this does not happen.  The prot mask, as returned by
SYS$SETPRV, was 108000, indicating that only NETMBX and TMPMBX were in
effect.  No error was detected on the call to SYS$SETPRV in the subroutine
that tried to raise the priv to SYSNAM.  I don't know why.


-Ric


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