[Info-vax] Need to set up a special purpose account

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> This OpenVMS system is old, and it was upgrade from a version of OpenVMS 
> and a version of TCP/IP Services prior to V5.0, and the old bits and 
> directories were never cleaned up.
> 
> Reinstalling once in a while helps clean these up.   But compatibility 
> almost inherently leaves a trail of dreck like this.

Almost ALWAYS I do fresh installs.  It does several things.

As seen here, there can be old cruft.  Gone.

If I do a fresh install, then I have to know what's on my system(s).  Sort of a 
good thing, I think.  Not sure I want stuff I don't know about.  Or have 
forgotten.  I forget much any more.