[Info-vax] Why is INSTALL.EXE privileged?

[Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER]

In article <howard-37FCA5.12571412022011 at atoulouse-552-1-42-74.w92-136.abo.wanadoo.fr>, Howard S Shubs <howard at shubs.net> writes:
>In article <4d56c01b$1 at news.langstoeger.at>,
> peter at langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER) wrote:
>
>> The nice (youtube) video on openvmshobbyist.org reminded me of a question I
>> had (in the 80ies and) long forgotten:
>> 
>> Why is INSTALL.EXE installed with privileges?
>
>INSTALL changes system structures.  It makes images "known".  It can 
>give those images privileges.

In case you haven't noted the rest of my posting:

Why does the image (INSTALL.EXE) need the privileges?
This is system managers duty, and system managers have privs already.
So, no need for the image to have the privileges as well (or at all)...

Nice try, but think again

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