[Info-vax] Caution: LTT ignores ALLOCATE

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-10-05 23.14, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> On 10/5/2011 1:57 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2011-10-05 19.27, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>> On 10/5/2011 1:22 PM, Steven Schweda wrote:
>>>> On Oct 5, 12:08 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert"<rgilber... at comcast.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Define "exclusive".
>>>>>
>>>>> Try the dictionary definition: "Not shared with others"
>>>>
>>>> Define "others". _All_ others? Normal others?
>>>>
>>>>> pipe show proc /priv | sear sys$input " share "
>>>>
>>>> As I said, ...
>>>>
>>>>> Some folks can be harder to exclude than others.
>>>>
>>>> Some others are more other than other others.
>>>
>>> How about "ANY OTHERS"!
>>
>> If you have privileges allowing you to bypass exclusive access
>> protections of others, and the OS gives you those rights, is that then a
>> bug in the device that these "others" can get access.
>>
>> I think that was the point that was trying to be made...
>>
>> Johnny
>
> I'd much prefer that the point be made with greater clarity and earlier
> in the thread!

You are probably right. But I think that the original questioner was 
asking if this was the case. Not merely claiming it, since it is unknown.
That was also the reason for the "show proc /priv" command, since it 
would have told if this was the case. (Or so I think.)

	Johnny