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

[John Reagan]

"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote in message 
news:4e9c8344$0$6418$c3e8da3$b1356c67 at news.astraweb.com...
> Jojimbo wrote:
>
>> What did I just run?  Seems some clever person put c.com in the front
>> of dcl$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.

Well you can do that today by modifying the SYS$SYSTEM: search list.  It 
already is split into SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSEXE] and SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE].  Simply 
add more values to the list.

John