[Info-vax] purging another user's mail from a semi-priviledged account

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-04-06 18:47:47 +0000, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply said:

> In article <kjp5id$l53$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
> <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
> 
>>> Right; that was it, [1,5],
>> 
>> That UIC is within a vendor-reserved UIC group [1,*], FWIW.
> 
> This was set up right after I bought my first own VMS machine.  I was 
> young and inexperienced.

In one of the many places VMS where is somewhat less-than-friendly, 
that username creation was silently allowed; with nary a diagnostic.

Allowing n00bs sooo many subtle and arcane paths to self-destruction is 
one of the most endearing parts of VMS system management.


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