OC.PEDHEM@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU (Guy Talbot) (11/25/85)
> Date: 23 Nov 85 16:05 EDT > From: (Stephen Tihor) <TIHOR@nyu-cmcl1.arpa> > To: <INFO-VAX@sri-kl.arpa> > Subject: Tape Label processing > Message-Id: <327586F48.012A002C;1985@CMCL1.NYU.ARPA> > Postal-Address: 251 Mercer Street, NY NY 10012 > Uucp-Address: ...!ihnp4!cmcl2!cmcl1!tihor > Phone: +1 212 460 7289 > > I recently had a program running without priveleges bomb out trying to mount > a ANSI tape from a Cyber because that tape had been written with an access > attribute of 'A', meaning OWNER access only. Since people had been complaining > about how VMS ignores ANSI tape labels on this and other lists recently I > played around a little and was unable to discover any way to mount that tape > without using VOLPRO (or better) or playing with the physical tape drive. > > Now since physical access to the tape, drive, or processor/console voids > all warentees of security anyhow I would like to know exactly what people > were talking about. > > > \\ Stephen Tihor / CIMS / NYU / 251 Mercer Street / New York, NY 10012 // > (( ARPAnet: Tihor@NYU-CMCL1.ARPA BITnet: TIHOR@NYUACF NYUnet: TIHOR.CMCL1 )) > // UUCP address: cmcl2!cmcl1!tihor CSnet: via ARPAnet "CCnet": ACF1::TIHOR \\ > > ------- The way to allow user's to use tapes not their own is : $ MOUNT /OVER=(OWNER_IDENTIFIER) MTA0: This works in VMS 4.2 ( I didn't check earlier VMS) and it is in the HELP. Just go: $ HELP MOUNT /OVER Chris Lent Care of OC.PEDHEM@CU20B CUPHOA::LENT (VAXmail) ----- -------