[Info-vax] VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities

[David Froble]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <nkf9es$14m$4 at dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>> I don't think the default privs ever go away.  Could be wrong.  Too lazy to check.
> 
>    You can turn them off, so that your current process doesn't have them.
>    But when you try to turn them back on, the UAF will be consulted to see
>    if you're allowed to have them, not just your current process
>    privileges.  So you don't need SETPRV to get back something you're
>    authorized to have.
> 

Yeah, and the terminology is "authorized", not "default".

I just tried to turn them off, and they are still listed.  Not sure if they are 
set in the process tables, or just pulled from SYSUAF.  Back to "too lazy" ..