[Info-vax] VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities

[lawrencedo99 at gmail.com]

On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 8:53:18 AM UTC+12, Simon Clubley wrote:

> The difference between the models is that in VMS there's no such thing
> as a fully privileged image or fully privileged user at least in the
> sense that is meant under Unix so you don't have to worry about emulating
> a root account or suid binaries under VMS.

Linux also has security options like SELinux or AppArmor. With one of these enabled, even running as root will not give you unchecked access to the system.

Of course, figuring out how to have a functioning system under them is another matter...