[Info-vax] sys admin default directory

[Bill Cunningham]

"abrsvc" <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 4:53:31 PM UTC-5, Bill Cunningham wrote:
> §5.5.2 mentions "-" and says subdirectory. I want sys admin MFD.
>
> Bill

sys admin is not an OpenVMS concept.  For any user, a "default" directory is 
specified within the authorization record for that user.  That becomes the 
"MFD" if you will, for that user.  Most systems are created with a single 
disk containing the "user directories" for the users of that system.  Many 
sites have these directories at the base level of the disk or the master 
directory (also known as directory [000000]).

When entering a command such as SET DEF [-], the directory focus will change 
from its current area to one level back.  Consider a directory structure as 
follows:

diska:[000000.user1.level1.data]

User1 would normally be considered the "login" directory and the one 
specified in the authorization record as the default directory.  If you 
wanted to see the files in the level1 directory, the command SET DEFAULT 
[.USER1] would change the focus to the USER1 directory.  A subsequent 
command of DIRECTORY would list the files there.  From this point, the 
command SET DEFAULT [-] would change the focus back to the USER1 directory.

While focused on USER1, the command SET DEFAULT [-] would change the focus 
to the master disk directory of [000000].  Please note that because of file 
protections typically set, you may not see any files at this level.

I hope this helps a bit...  This is only a start.  Feel free to post 
additional clarification requests.

    I am thinking when looking at my openvms73 for vax and decuserve that 
there is a directory created for every user by the "system" account. 
decuserve you login as a user and that's YOUR directory. You're only allow 
to go as you're allowed as a user. Hope that makes sense/ My understanding 
is *nixs so that might be some confusion.

Bill