[Info-vax] Foreign commands ... newbie question

[JF Mezei]

Jojimbo wrote:

> What did I just run?  Seems some clever person put c.com in the front
> of dcl$path.  What it
> does I have no knowledge or desire to figure it out.  I think dcl$path
> is way too dangerous
> to be set in an environment like our with too many user with SYSPRV.


The solution is to restrict the definition of DCL$PATH to one or two
specific directories where only the system manager can add/modify files.
 So you have managed control over what utilities/files are placed in
directories where DCL$PATH points to.